Yamilex
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- yah-mee-LEKS
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Yamilex is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
Where does Yamilex come from?
Modern: Latin American coinage, probably Yamila with an -ex ending
Is Yamilex a girl's or a boy's name?
Yamilex is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yamilex in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,545th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Yamilex, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 1996, with 301 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Yamilex in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yamilex in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,308 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,852 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,600 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 27 | #5,277 |
| 2007 | 23 | #5,891 |
| 2006 | 23 | #5,708 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 32 | #4,283 |
| 2003 | 42 | #3,408 |
| 2002 | 47 | #3,065 |
| 2001 | 58 | #2,596 |
| 2000 | 62 | #2,453 |
| 1999 | 73 | #2,092 |
| 1998 | 75 | #1,989 |
| 1997 | 96 | #1,636 |
| 1996 | 301 | #707 |
| 1995 | 130 | #1,283 |
Names like Yamilex
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaliyah, Zariah, Addison, Yaneli, Jazlyn, Madison, Jayla, Miley, Emerson, Jaliyah, Yareli, Aaliyah
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
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, “Yamilex: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yamilex, updated 20 October 2026.