Yaeli
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- yah-EH-lee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #5,409 for girls
Yaeli is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “ibex, mountain goat”. In 2025 it ranked 5,409th for girls in the US (23 babies).
What does Yaeli mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew elaboration of Yael
“ibex, mountain goat”
A Hebrew name built on Yael, the biblical heroine Jael, whose name means 'ibex'.
Is Yaeli a girl's or a boy's name?
Yaeli is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yaeli in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 23 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 23 girls in the US were named Yaeli, making it the 5,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. It first appears in the records in 2002.
2025 had the most girls named Yaeli of any year since it first appeared, in 2002.
Half of all the girls named Yaeli in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yaeli in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #5,409 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
Nicknames for Yaeli
- Yael 16 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Yaeli
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yaretzi, Yareli, Azari, Nyomi, Jaylani, Elliott, Naomi, Ari, Yaneli, Sarahi, Nayeli, Milani
Names related to Yaeli
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Yaeli: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yaeli, updated 20 October 2026.