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Yanitza

100% girls · 9 born in 2025

Yanitza has been given to about 647 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2008, which makes it a millennial-parent name.

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Living in the US≈ 640
Median age today22 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Yanitza per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year2008 · 45
  • Born in 20259
  • All time647

How popular is Yanitza?

Its best year was 2008, when 45 babies were given the name, ranking 3643rd. The typical living American called Yanitza is about 22 years old today.

Names that sound like Yanitza

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Yaritza0.89
  2. Maritza0.79
  3. Aliza0.68
  4. Yadira0.62
  5. Yulissa0.54
  6. Eliza0.52
  7. Liza0.52
  8. Daleyza0.52

Middle names for Yanitza

Ranked by flow score
  1. Yanitza Rose0.85
  2. Yanitza Louise0.85
  3. Yanitza June0.84
  4. Yanitza Pearl0.84
  5. Yanitza Quinn0.84
  6. Yanitza Nell0.84

Sibling names for Yanitza

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Tracebrother · 0.79
  2. Paulinasister · 0.78
  3. Keatonbrother · 0.78
  4. Hallesister · 0.78
  5. Palomasister · 0.78
  6. Misaelbrother · 0.78

Where Yanitza is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Yanitza White0.80
    2. Yanitza Reyes0.80
    3. Yanitza Nguyen0.80
    4. Yanitza Moore0.80
    5. Yanitza Lee0.80
    6. Yanitza Hill0.80

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Yanitza

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.