Yaelis
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- yah-EH-lees
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Yaelis is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
Where does Yaelis come from?
Modern: Latin American coinage, perhaps built on Yael
Is Yaelis a girl's or a boy's name?
Yaelis is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yaelis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Yaelis, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 2005.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Yaelis than any year since 2010.
Half of all the girls named Yaelis in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yaelis in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
Names like Yaelis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emberly Daleyza Artemis Emberlynn Everly Cataleya Jovie Jenesis Amoura Haisley Jaylani Elowyn
Names related to Yaelis
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Yaelis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yaelis, updated 20 October 2026.