Lael
Rank in 2025
#1942
recorded as girls
#1263
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
255
girls 99 · boys 156
Peak year
2025
99 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
3,526
since 1895
Born a Lael? 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
Lael was most popular in 2025, when 99 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.06 per 1,000). In 2025, 156 babies were named Lael, ranking #1263 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 62%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 99 | 1942 | 156 | 1263 |
| 2024 | 65 | 2661 | 123 | 1472 |
| 2023 | 54 | 3047 | 41 | 3005 |
| 2022 | 54 | 3033 | 31 | 3617 |
| 2021 | 53 | 3069 | 28 | 3814 |
| 2020 | 51 | 3091 | 40 | 2925 |
| 2019 | 40 | 3718 | 52 | 2525 |
| 2018 | 46 | 3396 | 30 | 3607 |
| 2017 | 59 | 2835 | 22 | 4466 |
| 2016 | 59 | 2866 | 33 | 3358 |
| 2015 | 77 | 2382 | 33 | 3365 |
| 2014 | 59 | 2888 | 23 | 4263 |
| 2013 | 45 | 3465 | 21 | 4463 |
| 2012 | 69 | 2597 | 22 | 4390 |
| 2011 | 57 | 2989 | 23 | 4221 |
| 2010 | 49 | 3306 | 14 | 6036 |
| 2009 | 40 | 3870 | 15 | 5800 |
| 2008 | 44 | 3645 | 19 | 4901 |
| 2007 | 34 | 4380 | 16 | 5434 |
| 2006 | 42 | 3669 | 8 | 8732 |
| 2005 | 40 | 3646 | 11 | 6634 |
| 2004 | 30 | 4492 | 19 | 4421 |
| 2003 | 30 | 4307 | 12 | 5877 |
| 2002 | 25 | 4767 | 7 | 8456 |
| 2001 | 25 | 4688 | 15 | 4890 |
| 2000 | 27 | 4400 | 5 | 10349 |
| 1999 | 19 | 5424 | 9 | 6530 |
| 1998 | 17 | 5799 | 9 | 6314 |
| 1997 | 20 | 5010 | 6 | 8110 |
| 1996 | 15 | 6064 | 10 | 5535 |
| 1995 | 14 | 6257 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 15 | 5984 | 11 | 5109 |
| 1993 | 10 | 8052 | 10 | 5360 |
| 1992 | 17 | 5484 | 6 | 7422 |
| 1991 | 14 | 6253 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 9 | 8501 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 14 | 5836 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 9 | 7691 | 5 | 7270 |
| 1987 | 12 | 5923 | 6 | 6089 |
| 1986 | 14 | 5188 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 21 | 3852 | 10 | 4052 |
| 1984 | 11 | 5899 | 8 | 4552 |
| 1983 | 16 | 4476 | 9 | 4141 |
| 1982 | 23 | 3530 | 10 | 3966 |
| 1981 | 16 | 4532 | 7 | 4961 |
| 1980 | 20 | 3853 | 11 | 3615 |
| 1979 | 13 | 5092 | 10 | 3810 |
| 1978 | 12 | 5214 | 17 | 2568 |
| 1977 | 21 | 3486 | 26 | 1904 |
| 1976 | 13 | 4614 | 14 | 2826 |
| 1975 | 23 | 3052 | 13 | 2902 |
| 1974 | 15 | 4041 | 19 | 2199 |
| 1973 | 11 | 4871 | 14 | 2606 |
| 1972 | 10 | 5109 | 15 | 2418 |
| 1971 | 19 | 3373 | 12 | 2813 |
| 1970 | 7 | 6362 | 15 | 2399 |
| 1969 | 13 | 3958 | 6 | 3935 |
| 1968 | 10 | 4489 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 10 | 4300 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 14 | 3400 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 10 | 4202 | 6 | 3537 |
| 1964 | 13 | 3692 | 6 | 3601 |
| 1963 | 9 | 4539 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 15 | 3293 | 5 | 4033 |
| 1961 | 15 | 3318 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 15 | 3212 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 15 | 3104 | 5 | 3988 |
| 1958 | 21 | 2506 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 15 | 3033 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 25 | 2194 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 17 | 2725 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 27 | 2027 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 13 | 3106 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 12 | 3201 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 19 | 2314 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 10 | 3423 | 6 | 3329 |
| 1949 | 20 | 2212 | 5 | 3690 |
| 1948 | 7 | 4205 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 12 | 3061 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 13 | 2739 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 15 | 2237 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 9 | 3139 | 5 | 3430 |
| 1943 | 14 | 2447 | 5 | 3538 |
| 1942 | 18 | 2046 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 5 | 4420 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 12 | 2424 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 8 | 3145 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 7 | 3450 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 9 | 2940 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 17 | 1873 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 10 | 2731 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 14 | 2187 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 21 | 1658 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 19 | 1817 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 19 | 1803 | 6 | 3390 |
| 1930 | 10 | 2845 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 6 | 4053 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 8 | 3436 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 5 | 4805 | 5 | 4210 |
| 1926 | 7 | 3873 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 5 | 4973 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 6 | 4434 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 5 | 4307 |
| 1921 | 7 | 4023 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 6 | 4398 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 7 | 3817 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 5 | 4809 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 5 | 4594 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 8 | 3258 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1914 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1913 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1912 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1911 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1910 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1909 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1908 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1907 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1906 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1905 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1904 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1903 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1902 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1901 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1900 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1899 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1898 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1897 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1896 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 5 | 1592 | <5 | — |
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Where Lael is most popular
- Texas2.1×
- Florida2.0×
- California1.6×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 67% · boys 33% across all years