Yaretzi
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Meaning
possibly a variant of Yaritza, an elaborated form of Yara; the popular 'always loved' gloss has no documented source
The story
Yaretzi deserves the honest version, because the popular one has no paper behind it. Baby-name sites everywhere repeat that Yaretzi is an indigenous Mexican name meaning you will always be loved, and after real searching we could not find a single dictionary or scholarly source that backs it. Behind the Name ventures only that it is possibly a variant of Yaritza, itself an elaborated form of Yara built with the same ending as Maritza, and Wiktionary lists the etymology as simply missing. What the record does show is real and impressive: essentially unknown before the 1990s, Yaretzi counted 2,028 American girls in the 2000s, 8,472 in the 2010s, and 3,103 so far this decade, and Behind the Name has it ranking 111th in Mexico in 2021. A young name families clearly love, whatever the internet says it means. This page says so honestly, which is rarer than it should be.
How popular is Yaretzi around the world?
In the United States, 3,103 babies were named Yaretzi between 2020 and 2025. In Mexico City, there were 71 registrations of Yaretzi in 2022.
Yaretzi is on the official records of the United States, Mexico City, Chile, Argentina and Spain.
United States
1 in 7,000
In the United States, 3,103 babies were named Yaretzi between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Yaretzi peaked in the 2010s.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Mexico City City
1 in 1,700
In Mexico City, there were 71 registrations of Yaretzi in 2022.
share of that year’s registrations in the city
Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023 (2 registrations through 3 Mar) is excluded as partial. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023
Chile
1 in 22,000
In Chile, 8 girls were registered as Yaretzi in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.
The count never rose above 9 in a year, too few to chart.
First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021
Argentina
1 in 130,000
In Argentina, 5 newborns were given the name Yaretzi in 2024.
share of that year’s name registrations
Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024
Spain
1 in 900,000
In Spain, 50 residents are named Yaretzi, ranked 14,029th among women, with a mean age of 11.4 years.
Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025
Canada
last on record 2014
Yaretzi is not on the 2024 record for Canada, where names under 5 in a year are excluded at source.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
Not on the record in Puerto Rico, England and Wales, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the South Australia record for 1944 to 2017: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Yaretzi
Most people given the name Yaretzi in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Yaretzi deep dive
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