Jael
Jael is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 148 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1480.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 2012206 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1957
- 7,640people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,401 girls have been named Jael in the United States since 1957, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2012, with 206 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2010, and the 2010s alone account for 37%.
Jael is used for both sexes: 42% of its bearers are boys (3,239), most of them born around 2012.
By decade
In 2012, its biggest year
Jael was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2012 were Sophia, Emma, Isabella, Olivia and Ava. See all of 2012.
Names that rose and fell with Jael
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kamillepeak 2011
- Alainapeak 2011
- Sariapeak 2017
- Cambriapeak 2012
- Shaindypeak 2021
- Ellypeak 2010
- Tahliapeak 2009
- Keylapeak 2016
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.