Jael
#1,388 for girls in 2025, 157 births · #1,315 for boys in 2025, 147 births
Given to girls 57.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2012 · 206 births
- Debut · girls
- 14 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,561since 1957
Jael over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,388 | 157 | #1,315 | 147 |
| 2024 | #1,466 | 149 | #1,364 | 138 |
| 2023 | #1,578 | 134 | #1,294 | 148 |
| 2022 | #1,515 | 143 | #1,457 | 124 |
| 2021 | #1,600 | 131 | #1,325 | 140 |
| 2020 | #1,632 | 127 | #1,177 | 163 |
| 2019 | #1,441 | 154 | #1,347 | 133 |
| 2018 | #1,313 | 173 | #1,364 | 129 |
| 2017 | #1,505 | 147 | #1,321 | 136 |
| 2016 | #1,545 | 145 | #1,295 | 140 |
| 2015 | #1,501 | 152 | #1,359 | 128 |
| 2014 | #1,427 | 159 | #1,375 | 124 |
| 2013 | #1,321 | 177 | #1,128 | 161 |
| 2012 | #1,196 | 206 | #983 | 203 |
| 2011 | #1,446 | 156 | #1,411 | 117 |
| 2010 | #1,420 | 161 | #1,219 | 145 |
| 2009 | #1,695 | 131 | #1,173 | 154 |
| 2008 | #1,421 | 167 | #1,348 | 127 |
| 2007 | #1,381 | 175 | #1,206 | 146 |
| 2006 | #1,918 | 105 | #1,479 | 103 |
| 2005 | #2,122 | 87 | #1,334 | 113 |
| 2004 | #2,135 | 84 | #1,565 | 84 |
| 2003 | #1,845 | 100 | #1,845 | 64 |
| 2002 | #1,887 | 94 | #1,998 | 55 |
| 2001 | #2,151 | 76 | #2,306 | 43 |
| 2000 | #1,938 | 87 | #3,423 | 24 |
| 1999 | #2,018 | 77 | #3,834 | 19 |
| 1998 | #2,188 | 65 | #3,597 | 20 |
| 1997 | #2,450 | 53 | #3,455 | 20 |
| 1996 | #2,041 | 68 | #5,187 | 11 |
| 1995 | #2,552 | 49 | #3,100 | 22 |
| 1994 | #2,503 | 50 | #4,290 | 14 |
| 1993 | #3,108 | 37 | #4,020 | 15 |
| 1992 | #2,869 | 41 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #3,207 | 34 | #5,096 | 10 |
| 1990 | #3,078 | 36 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,879 | 38 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #3,165 | 31 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #2,780 | 35 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #3,360 | 26 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #3,170 | 28 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #3,144 | 27 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,431 | 23 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #3,647 | 22 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,986 | 29 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,853 | 20 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #2,525 | 36 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #4,079 | 17 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,911 | 18 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,259 | 21 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,635 | 17 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,523 | 12 | — | |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | — | |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 | — | |
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| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Jael! It came in at #3,150, and was given to 14 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1958–1964, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Jael is popular in 2021
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Washington#785 · 1 in 3,690
- Maryland#787 · 1 in 3,687
- Florida#976 · 1 in 5,573
- Pennsylvania#1,118 · 1 in 6,969
- Ohio#1,147 · 1 in 6,944
Best ever in a state: #468 in Nevada, 2009.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | #785 | 8 | 1 in 3,690 |
| Maryland | #787 | 6 | 1 in 3,687 |
| Florida | #976 | 15 | 1 in 5,573 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,118 | 7 | 1 in 6,969 |
| Ohio | #1,147 | 7 | 1 in 6,944 |
| Georgia | #1,175 | 7 | 1 in 6,469 |
| New Jersey | #1,199 | 5 | 1 in 7,285 |
| New York | #1,318 | 10 | 1 in 8,125 |
| Illinois | #1,507 | 5 | 1 in 9,680 |
| Texas | #2,012 | 10 | 1 in 15,548 |
| California | #2,032 | 10 | 1 in 17,453 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Jael
- 78 spots since 2024 (#1,466 → #1,388)
- 244 spots since 2020 (#1,632 → #1,388)
- 113 spots since 2015 (#1,501 → #1,388)
- Debuted 1957
- Peaked 2012 at #1,196 (206 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 8,549 girls born in 2012 were named Jael (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,237 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 35.7% of all girls named Jael (1,630) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2023, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 14 | #3,150 (1957) | #3,150 |
| 1960s | 25 | #4,489 (1968) | #5,121 |
| 1970s | 156 | #2,525 (1979) | #4,631 |
| 1980s | 279 | #2,780 (1987) | #3,242 |
| 1990s | 510 | #2,018 (1999) | #2,601 |
| 2000s | 1,106 | #1,381 (2007) | #1,849 |
| 2010s | 1,630 | #1,196 (2012) | #1,412 |
| 2020s | 841 | #1,388 (2025) | #1,530 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Jael in 2021
Top girls' names in 2021
Top boys' names in 2021
More about 2021
girls
1,640,861 girls got a published name in 2021; 1 in 12,526 of them was named Jael, which outranked 90.9% of the 17,676 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,584Mileena132
- #1,584Oriana132
- #1,584Tia132
- #1,600Jael131
- #1,600Addelyn131
- #1,600Aislynn131
- #1,600Anneliese131
- #1,612Alanah130
- #1,612Alex130
- #1,612Cooper130
Tied with 11 names at #1,600; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 12,496 of them was named Jael, which outranked 90.6% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,320Kenai141
- #1,320Matheo141
- #1,320Rylen141
- #1,325Jael140
- #1,325Aleksander140
- #1,325Brexton140
- #1,325Jadon140
- #1,334Ean139
- #1,334Eason139
- #1,334Jasir139
Tied with 8 names at #1,325; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.