Yanel
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- yah-NEL
- Origin
- Modern
Yanel is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Yanel come from?
Modern: modern coinage, in the style of Janel and Yanelle
Is Yanel a girl's or a boy's name?
Yanel is a girls' name.
How popular is Yanel in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1994, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the girls named Yanel in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yanel in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
Names like Yanel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Itzel, Jayla, Jazlyn, Chloe, Kaliyah, Kylie, Hannah, Summer, Miley, Zariah, Emma, Ayla
Names related to Yanel
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, “Yanel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yanel, updated 20 October 2026.