Lael**
#3,089 most common girls' name of all time · #5,292 across all names · 33% male / 67% female · used 1895–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#3,089
Rank overall
#5,292 of 105,966
First appeared
1895
Years on the list
110 of 146
All-time
3,526
Since 2016
1,136
Peak year
2025 #1,944
Best rank
#1,699 1933
Girls
Boys
peak 255/yr
Lael first appears in 1895. 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 | 99 | 156 | 255 | #1,944 |
| 2024 | 65 | 123 | 188 | #2,667 |
| 2023 | 54 | 41 | 95 | #3,050 |
| 2022 | 54 | 31 | 85 | #3,043 |
| 2021 | 53 | 28 | 81 | #3,073 |
| 2020 | 51 | 40 | 91 | #3,098 |
| 2019 | 40 | 52 | 92 | #3,727 |
| 2018 | 46 | 30 | 76 | #3,400 |
| 2017 | 59 | 22 | 81 | #2,837 |
| 2016 | 59 | 33 | 92 | #2,873 |
| 2015 | 77 | 33 | 110 | #2,384 |
| 2014 | 59 | 23 | 82 | #2,891 |
| 2013 | 45 | 21 | 66 | #3,469 |
| 2012 | 69 | 22 | 91 | #2,601 |
| 2011 | 57 | 23 | 80 | #2,997 |
| 2010 | 49 | 14 | 63 | #3,315 |
| 2009 | 40 | 15 | 55 | #3,880 |
| 2008 | 44 | 19 | 63 | #3,655 |
| 2007 | 34 | 16 | 50 | #4,385 |
| 2006 | 42 | 8 | 50 | #3,672 |
| 2005 | 40 | 11 | 51 | #3,652 |
| 2004 | 30 | 19 | 49 | #4,500 |
| 2003 | 30 | 12 | 42 | #4,327 |
| 2002 | 25 | 7 | 32 | #4,785 |
| 2001 | 25 | 15 | 40 | #4,702 |
| 2000 | 27 | 5 | 32 | #4,409 |
| 1999 | 19 | 9 | 28 | #5,442 |
| 1998 | 17 | 9 | 26 | #5,823 |
| 1997 | 20 | 6 | 26 | #5,034 |
| 1996 | 15 | 10 | 25 | #6,094 |
| 1995 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,290 |
| 1994 | 15 | 11 | 26 | #6,013 |
| 1993 | 10 | 10 | 20 | #8,108 |
| 1992 | 17 | 6 | 23 | #5,510 |
| 1991 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,270 |
| 1990 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,559 |
| 1989 | 14 | — | 14 | #5,882 |
| 1988 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #7,746 |
| 1987 | 12 | 6 | 18 | #5,961 |
| 1986 | 14 | — | 14 | #5,218 |
| 1985 | 21 | 10 | 31 | #3,875 |
| 1984 | 11 | 8 | 19 | #5,952 |
| 1983 | 16 | 9 | 25 | #4,508 |
| 1982 | 23 | 10 | 33 | #3,541 |
| 1981 | 16 | 7 | 23 | #4,569 |
| 1980 | 20 | 11 | 31 | #3,872 |
| 1979 | 13 | 10 | 23 | #5,131 |
| 1978 | 12 | 17 | 29 | #5,253 |
| 1977 | 21 | 26 | 47 | #3,502 |
| 1976 | 13 | 14 | 27 | #4,646 |
| 1975 | 23 | 13 | 36 | #3,068 |
| 1974 | 15 | 19 | 34 | #4,074 |
| 1973 | 11 | 14 | 25 | #4,921 |
| 1972 | 10 | 15 | 25 | #5,155 |
| 1971 | 19 | 12 | 31 | #3,399 |
| 1970 | 7 | 15 | 22 | #6,449 |
| 1969 | 13 | 6 | 19 | #3,998 |
| 1968 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,539 |
| 1967 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,356 |
| 1966 | 14 | — | 14 | #3,428 |
| 1965 | 10 | 6 | 16 | #4,260 |
| 1964 | 13 | 6 | 19 | #3,736 |
| 1963 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,602 |
| 1962 | 15 | 5 | 20 | #3,328 |
| 1961 | 15 | — | 15 | #3,351 |
| 1960 | 15 | — | 15 | #3,243 |
| 1959 | 15 | 5 | 20 | #3,142 |
| 1958 | 21 | — | 21 | #2,525 |
| 1957 | 15 | — | 15 | #3,071 |
| 1956 | 25 | — | 25 | #2,215 |
| 1955 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,759 |
| 1954 | 27 | — | 27 | #2,043 |
| 1953 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,158 |
| 1952 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,257 |
| 1951 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,347 |
| 1950 | 10 | 6 | 16 | #3,487 |
| 1949 | 20 | 5 | 25 | #2,239 |
| 1948 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,288 |
| 1947 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,125 |
| 1946 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,777 |
| 1945 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,283 |
| 1944 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #3,209 |
| 1943 | 14 | 5 | 19 | #2,495 |
| 1942 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,080 |
| 1941 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,553 |
| 1940 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,479 |
| 1939 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,249 |
| 1938 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,557 |
| 1937 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,010 |
| 1936 | 17 | — | 17 | #1,903 |
| 1935 | 10 | — | 10 | #2,801 |
| 1934 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,245 |
| 1933 | 21 | — | 21 | #1,699 |
| 1932 | 19 | — | 19 | #1,850 |
| 1931 | 19 | 6 | 25 | #1,838 |
| 1930 | 10 | — | 10 | #2,923 |
| 1929 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,183 |
| 1928 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,526 |
| 1927 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #4,947 |
| 1926 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,987 |
| 1925 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,096 |
| 1924 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,545 |
| 1922 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1921 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,111 |
| 1920 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,511 |
| 1919 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,912 |
| 1918 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,937 |
| 1917 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,731 |
| 1916 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,351 |
| 1895 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,790 |