How Many People Are Named Yanela?
An estimated 13 people in the United States have the first name Yanela. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 24 years old, and Yanela peaked in popularity in 2007 with 7 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Yanela as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Yanela paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- Yanela is exceptionally rare. Fewer than 100 people with this name are estimated to be alive in the U.S. today.
Estimated Living Americans
13
About 1 in 26,365,718 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
24
years old
Peak Year
2007
7 births
Total Registered
13
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Yanela
Yanela is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 13 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Yanela as a female name
Ranked #15,407 in 2007
7 female births in 2007
Peak: 2007 (7 births)
Yanela: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Yanela span from the 1990s to the 2000s, covering 2 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 7 babies were registered. Yanela remains highly popular today, with recent registration numbers near its historical peak.
Yanela by Decade
How has Yanela tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Yanela + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Yanela as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Yanela
Other first names starting with Y with a similar number of bearers.
Yanela: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Yanela?
We estimate approximately 13 people named Yanela are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 26,365,718 Americans share this first name.
Is Yanela a common name?
Yanela is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 33.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 13 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Yanela most popular?
Yanela reached peak popularity in 2007, when 7 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Yanela is approximately 24 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Yanela a female name?
Yanela is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Yanela Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Yanela Smith, Yanela Johnson, Yanela Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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