Lael
Lael is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 65 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 650.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 201577 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1895
- 3,271people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,261 girls have been named Lael in the United States since 1895, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2015, with 77 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2001, and the 2010s alone account for 25%.
Lael is used for both sexes: 31% of its bearers are boys (1,010), most of them born around 2024.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Lael | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 25 | |
| 1920s | 50 | |
| 1930s | 134 | |
| 1940s | 125 | |
| 1950s | 174 | |
| 1960s | 124 | |
| 1970s | 144 | |
| 1980s | 156 | |
| 1990s | 150 | |
| 2000s | 337 | |
| 2010s | 560 | |
| 2020s | 277 |
In 2015, its biggest year
Lael was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2015 were Emma, Olivia, Sophia, Ava and Isabella. See all of 2015.
Names that rose and fell with Lael
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Avelinapeak 2016
- Maylenepeak 2012
- Gretelpeak 2022
- Glorypeak 2016
- Josephinapeak 2023
- Eliapeak 2024
- Annaleepeak 2016
- Darlynpeak 2021
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.