Jael
Rank in 2025
#1388
recorded as girls
#1315
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
304
girls 157 · boys 147
Peak year
2012
206 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
7,948
since 1957
Born a Jael? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Jael was most popular in 2012, when 206 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.12 per 1,000). In 2025, 157 babies were named Jael, ranking #1388 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 157 | 1388 | 147 | 1315 |
| 2024 | 149 | 1466 | 138 | 1364 |
| 2023 | 134 | 1578 | 148 | 1294 |
| 2022 | 143 | 1515 | 124 | 1457 |
| 2021 | 131 | 1600 | 140 | 1325 |
| 2020 | 127 | 1632 | 163 | 1177 |
| 2019 | 154 | 1441 | 133 | 1347 |
| 2018 | 173 | 1313 | 129 | 1364 |
| 2017 | 147 | 1505 | 136 | 1321 |
| 2016 | 145 | 1545 | 140 | 1295 |
| 2015 | 152 | 1501 | 128 | 1359 |
| 2014 | 159 | 1427 | 124 | 1375 |
| 2013 | 177 | 1321 | 161 | 1128 |
| 2012 | 206 | 1196 | 203 | 983 |
| 2011 | 156 | 1446 | 117 | 1411 |
| 2010 | 161 | 1420 | 145 | 1219 |
| 2009 | 131 | 1695 | 154 | 1173 |
| 2008 | 167 | 1421 | 127 | 1348 |
| 2007 | 175 | 1381 | 146 | 1206 |
| 2006 | 105 | 1918 | 103 | 1479 |
| 2005 | 87 | 2122 | 113 | 1334 |
| 2004 | 84 | 2135 | 84 | 1565 |
| 2003 | 100 | 1845 | 64 | 1845 |
| 2002 | 94 | 1887 | 55 | 1998 |
| 2001 | 76 | 2151 | 43 | 2306 |
| 2000 | 87 | 1938 | 24 | 3423 |
| 1999 | 77 | 2018 | 19 | 3834 |
| 1998 | 65 | 2188 | 20 | 3597 |
| 1997 | 53 | 2450 | 20 | 3455 |
| 1996 | 68 | 2041 | 11 | 5187 |
| 1995 | 49 | 2552 | 22 | 3100 |
| 1994 | 50 | 2503 | 14 | 4290 |
| 1993 | 37 | 3108 | 15 | 4020 |
| 1992 | 41 | 2869 | 10 | 5236 |
| 1991 | 34 | 3207 | 10 | 5096 |
| 1990 | 36 | 3078 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 38 | 2879 | 6 | 6941 |
| 1988 | 31 | 3165 | 7 | 5751 |
| 1987 | 35 | 2780 | 9 | 4573 |
| 1986 | 26 | 3360 | 9 | 4457 |
| 1985 | 28 | 3170 | 9 | 4333 |
| 1984 | 27 | 3144 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 23 | 3431 | 7 | 4907 |
| 1982 | 22 | 3647 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 29 | 2986 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 20 | 3853 | 5 | 6250 |
| 1979 | 36 | 2525 | 5 | 6056 |
| 1978 | 17 | 4079 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 18 | 3911 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 12 | 4905 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 21 | 3259 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 11 | 5011 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 17 | 3635 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 12 | 4523 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 6 | 7388 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 6 | 7070 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 9 | 5057 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 10 | 4489 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 6 | 5817 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1963 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1962 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1961 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1960 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1959 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1958 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 14 | 3150 | <5 | — |
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Where Jael is most popular
- New Jersey2.5×
- New York2.3×
- Florida2.2×
- Pennsylvania1.7×
- Texas1.5×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 57% · boys 43% across all years