Jael**
#1,873 most common girls' name of all time · #3,210 across all names · 43% male / 57% female · used 1957–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#1,873
Rank overall
#3,210 of 105,966
First appeared
1957
Years on the list
60 of 146
All-time
7,948
Since 2016
2,858
Peak year
2012 #1,197
Best rank
#1,197 2012
Girls
Boys
peak 409/yr
Jael first appears in 1957. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 157 | 147 | 304 | #1,391 |
| 2024 | 149 | 138 | 287 | #1,470 |
| 2023 | 134 | 148 | 282 | #1,579 |
| 2022 | 143 | 124 | 267 | #1,516 |
| 2021 | 131 | 140 | 271 | #1,604 |
| 2020 | 127 | 163 | 290 | #1,635 |
| 2019 | 154 | 133 | 287 | #1,441 |
| 2018 | 173 | 129 | 302 | #1,316 |
| 2017 | 147 | 136 | 283 | #1,510 |
| 2016 | 145 | 140 | 285 | #1,547 |
| 2015 | 152 | 128 | 280 | #1,502 |
| 2014 | 159 | 124 | 283 | #1,431 |
| 2013 | 177 | 161 | 338 | #1,324 |
| 2012 | 206 | 203 | 409 | #1,197 |
| 2011 | 156 | 117 | 273 | #1,449 |
| 2010 | 161 | 145 | 306 | #1,425 |
| 2009 | 131 | 154 | 285 | #1,698 |
| 2008 | 167 | 127 | 294 | #1,422 |
| 2007 | 175 | 146 | 321 | #1,383 |
| 2006 | 105 | 103 | 208 | #1,923 |
| 2005 | 87 | 113 | 200 | #2,128 |
| 2004 | 84 | 84 | 168 | #2,142 |
| 2003 | 100 | 64 | 164 | #1,853 |
| 2002 | 94 | 55 | 149 | #1,890 |
| 2001 | 76 | 43 | 119 | #2,160 |
| 2000 | 87 | 24 | 111 | #1,945 |
| 1999 | 77 | 19 | 96 | #2,027 |
| 1998 | 65 | 20 | 85 | #2,201 |
| 1997 | 53 | 20 | 73 | #2,459 |
| 1996 | 68 | 11 | 79 | #2,049 |
| 1995 | 49 | 22 | 71 | #2,569 |
| 1994 | 50 | 14 | 64 | #2,521 |
| 1993 | 37 | 15 | 52 | #3,134 |
| 1992 | 41 | 10 | 51 | #2,890 |
| 1991 | 34 | 10 | 44 | #3,248 |
| 1990 | 36 | — | 36 | #3,116 |
| 1989 | 38 | 6 | 44 | #2,904 |
| 1988 | 31 | 7 | 38 | #3,190 |
| 1987 | 35 | 9 | 44 | #2,817 |
| 1986 | 26 | 9 | 35 | #3,410 |
| 1985 | 28 | 9 | 37 | #3,210 |
| 1984 | 27 | — | 27 | #3,193 |
| 1983 | 23 | 7 | 30 | #3,501 |
| 1982 | 22 | — | 22 | #3,722 |
| 1981 | 29 | — | 29 | #3,038 |
| 1980 | 20 | 5 | 25 | #3,923 |
| 1979 | 36 | 5 | 41 | #2,565 |
| 1978 | 17 | — | 17 | #4,166 |
| 1977 | 18 | — | 18 | #4,003 |
| 1976 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,065 |
| 1975 | 21 | — | 21 | #3,359 |
| 1974 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,211 |
| 1973 | 17 | — | 17 | #3,736 |
| 1972 | 12 | — | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1971 | 6 | — | 6 | #7,838 |
| 1970 | 6 | — | 6 | #7,533 |
| 1969 | 9 | — | 9 | #5,330 |
| 1968 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,698 |
| 1965 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,314 |
| 1957 | 14 | — | 14 | #3,305 |