Nael
Nael is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 214 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 2140.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2024214 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1975
- 1,238people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,194 boys have been named Nael in the United States since 1975, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 214 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2021, and the 2020s alone account for 57%.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 44 girls have also been given it, 3.6% of the total.
By decade
In 2024, its biggest year
Nael was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.
Names that rose and fell with Nael
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Callumpeak 2024
- Trupeak 2024
- Lukapeak 2024
- Koapeak 2024
- Evrenpeak 2024
- Callahanpeak 2024
- Colsonpeak 2022
- Jahzielpeak 2024
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.