Yarelis
Yarelis is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Yarelis
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yarelis is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Yarelis
Yarelis first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1984, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2011: 35 births, good for #4,150 nationwide. About 35% of every Yarelis on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Yarelis ranks #6,723 for baby girls with 17 births, rising sharply (+18% over the past five years). All told, over 736 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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About the name Yarelis
Yarelis is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1984 and has accumulated 736 births in the dataset. Yarelis's peak popularity came in 2011 when it ranked #4,150. Use the chart and map above to compare Yarelis'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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