Eriel
Mostly girls · AIR-ee-el · Hebrew
Eriel is a name of Hebrew origin, meaning “lion of God”. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Eriel mean?
Hebrew: variant of Ariel
“lion of God”
A spelling variant of Ariel, a Hebrew name used in the Book of Isaiah as a poetic name for Jerusalem.
- Say it
- AIR-ee-el
Is Eriel a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Eriel has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls and 11 boys in the US.
How popular is Eriel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Eriel, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 39 girls. It first appears in the records in 1986. 11 boys were also named Eriel in 2025 (7,190th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Eriel in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 898 girls in the US were given Eriel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #366, up from #7,883 for this spelling alone.
In 2021, 72% of the babies named Eriel in the US were girls.
Eriel in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,394 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,445 |
| 2018 | 26 | #5,003 |
| 2017 | 34 | #4,219 |
| 2016 | 30 | #4,631 |
| 2015 | 36 | #4,068 |
| 2014 | 39 | #3,846 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 29 | #4,834 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,548 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,740 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,050 |
| 2002 | 24 | #4,902 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 27 | #4,139 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,622 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 26 | #3,982 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,477 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
Names like Eriel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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