How Many People Are Named Yanelle?
An estimated 125 people in the United States have the first name Yanelle. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 19 years old, and Yanelle peaked in popularity in 2009 with 11 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Yanelle 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 Yanelle paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
125
About 1 in 2,742,035 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
19
years old
Peak Year
2009
11 births
Total Registered
127
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Yanelle
Yanelle is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 127 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Yanelle as a female name
Ranked #13,516 in 2022
7 female births in 2022
Peak: 2009 (11 births)
Yanelle: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Yanelle span from the 1980s to the 2020s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 62 babies were registered. Yanelle has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Yanelle by Decade
How has Yanelle 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.
Yanelle + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Yanelle as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Yanelle: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Yanelle?
We estimate approximately 125 people named Yanelle 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 2,742,035 Americans share this first name.
Is Yanelle a common name?
Yanelle is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 67.8% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 127 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Yanelle most popular?
Yanelle reached peak popularity in 2009, when 11 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Yanelle is approximately 19 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Yanelle a female name?
Yanelle is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Yanelle Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Yanelle Smith, Yanelle Johnson, Yanelle 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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