Yanelis
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- yah-NEH-lees
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Yanelis is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
Where does Yanelis come from?
Modern: Caribbean Spanish coinage with the -elis ending
Is Yanelis a girl's or a boy's name?
Yanelis is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yanelis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,115th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19 about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Yanelis, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 46 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the girls named Yanelis in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yanelis in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 21 | #6,034 |
| 2014 | 46 | #3,423 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6,252 |
| 2012 | 29 | #4,834 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 39 | #3,888 |
| 2009 | 35 | #4,268 |
| 2008 | 36 | #4,267 |
| 2007 | 29 | #4,942 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 32 | #4,263 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,050 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,622 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
Names like Yanelis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Genesis, Jenesis, Addison, Emerson, Zariah, Jazlyn, Miley, Camila, Emery, Madison, Kaliyah, Emberly
Names related to Yanelis
Annelise, Anelise, Yaneliz, Anelisse, Anelis, Annelisa, Aneliese
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, “Yanelis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yanelis, updated 20 October 2026.