girl's name
Yalda
- Gender Girl
- Letters 5
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 335
Yalda is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 13 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
- Peaked in 2022, when 13 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 255,037 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1982.
Yalda over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1980s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1980s | 17 |
| 1990s | 28 |
| 2000s | 6 |
| 2010s | 24 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 56 |
How popular is Yalda?
In 2025, Yalda was given to 13 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Where Yalda is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Yalda
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Yalda also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Yalda over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Yalda
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Yalda — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Yalda
How popular is the name Yalda?
In 2025, Yalda was given to 13 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Is Yalda a girl's or a boy's name?
Yalda is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Yalda most popular?
Yalda peaked in 2022, when 13 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Yalda a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Yalda currently ranks #3,679 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.