Ayelet
Girl · ah-YEH-let · Hebrew
Ayelet is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “gazelle; doe”. In 2025 it ranked 3,341st for girls in the US (46 babies).
What does Ayelet mean?
Hebrew
“gazelle; doe”
Ayelet HaShachar, 'doe of the dawn', is the Hebrew name for the morning star.
- Say it
- ah-YEH-let
Is Ayelet a girl's or a boy's name?
Ayelet is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 46 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ayelet in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 5 girls.
Ayelet in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
How popular is Ayelet in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,341among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 46about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 46 girls in the US were named Ayelet, making it the 3,341st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,356th. It first appears in the records in 1971.
2025 had the most girls named Ayelet of any year since it first appeared, in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Ayelet in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ayelet in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46 | #3,341 |
| 2024 | 26 | #5,018 |
| 2023 | 45 | #3,475 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,394 |
| 2020 | 31 | #4,356 |
| 2019 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2018 | 31 | #4,457 |
| 2017 | 33 | #4,303 |
| 2016 | 33 | #4,344 |
| 2015 | 41 | #3,704 |
| 2014 | 21 | #5,991 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 30 | #4,705 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,412 |
| 2009 | 35 | #4,268 |
| 2008 | 29 | #5,011 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,706 |
| 2006 | 26 | #5,232 |
| 2005 | 27 | #4,824 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,526 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,280 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
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