Yarel
Feminine
Yarel is given to both — 620 girls and 281 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Yarel arrived in American records within the last twenty years, almost entirely in Spanish-speaking families, and it arrived without a paper trail. There is no older form, no source word anyone has produced, and no language that claims it. What it has instead is a shape.
How old is the name Yarel?
Yarel first appears in US birth records in 2006 — 19 years ago. The typical Yarel alive today was born around 2011, making them about 14 years old. About 600 people named Yarel are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Yarel most popular?
Yarel peaked in 2009, reaching #1733 nationally. Today it ranks #10917, 9,184 places below that high. See the whole 2009 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Yarel
Listen to where it ends. El is the last syllable of Daniel, Gabriel, Israel, Ariel, Rafael and Miguel, and in every one of those it is the Hebrew word for God — the piece that makes the name a sentence. Yarel does not come from that family and does not claim to. But it borrowed the shape, and the shape is doing real work: a two-syllable name with the weight at the end sounds finished in Spanish in a way that a name with the weight at the front does not, and it slots into a rhythm that Spanish-speaking families have been using for a thousand years. That is not an etymology and it should not be dressed up as one. It is a description of why a made name can feel old on the first day, and it is true.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source has been established for this name. Attempts to attach it to Hebrew or to Nahuatl have not been supported, and there is no documented word behind it. The honest description is a recent coinage in the Spanish-speaking Americas, chosen for how it sounds.
Pronouncing Yarel
yah-REL
Two syllables, stress on the second, as Spanish stresses a word ending in a consonant other than n or s. The y at the front is a consonant. English readers often front-load it as YAR-el, which is a different rhythm.
Nicknames for Yarel
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 2006
- Most girls named
- 2009126 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1733reached in 2009
- Change vs 2024
- −46.7%8 in 2025, from 15
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Yarels among us
people named Yarel are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 200,908 born in 2025 was named Yarel
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Jannet test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Yarel's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jannet climbed just as high around 1990, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jannet's path sketches the road Yarel is walking now.
Yarel sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Yarel beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Yarel in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Two syllables, five letters, and nothing in it that is hard in Spanish or English.
- It follows Spanish stress rules exactly, so Spanish speakers say it right on sight.
- It serves either child, and the records show both.
- There is no documented meaning, and the honest answer to a child is that it was chosen for its sound.
- Yariel, Jarel and Yaret are all in use and close enough to be confused.
- It leans to boys without settling, so a form will guess and will sometimes be wrong.
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Frequently asked
- How many Yarels are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Yarel are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Yarel in 2025?
- Yarel ranks #10917 among US girl names in 2025, with 8 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Yarel?
- About 1 in every 200,908 US girls born in 2025 was named Yarel — 8 in all.
- Will my child share the name Yarel with classmates?
- Yarel will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Yarel
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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