Arael
- Gender
- Boy
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Arael is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
Is Arael a girl's or a boy's name?
Arael is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arael in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Arael, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 8 boys. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the boys named Arael in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Arael in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
Names like Arael
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
August, Asa, Axel, Henry, Augustus, Gael, Azael, Otto, Alonzo, Oscar, Charlie, Abner
Names related to Arael
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Arael: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arael, updated 20 October 2026.