Yarel
The Story of Yarel
As a girl name
American parents first put Yarel on the record books as a girl name in 2006, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2009, when 126 Yarels were born — ranking #1,733 that year. About 63% of every Yarel on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Yarel last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 15 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 612 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Yarel on the record books as a boy name in 2006, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2013, when 31 Yarels were born — ranking #3,405 that year. About 64% of every Yarel on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Yarel last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 268 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Yarel
Yarel is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2006 and has accumulated 612 births in the dataset. Yarel's peak popularity came in 2009 when it ranked #1,733. Use the chart and map above to compare Yarel's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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