Given name
Yareli
“The Lord is my light”
Yareli is used as a given name. One American interpretation is “The Lord is my light.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “The Lord is my light.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1985. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yareli through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10,702
- 0 boys · 10,702 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 591 babies
- 2025
- 343
- #794 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +3%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 343 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 794 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 2.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 591 in 2009. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (75). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 7,307 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Yareli’s family of names
Yareli has a related form in Yarely. Yareli has a related form in Yarelea. Yareli has a related form in Yareleah.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Yareli
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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