Jael
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,388 for girls
Jael is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 1,388th for girls in the US (157 babies).
What does Jael mean?
Hebrew
A female given name from Hebrew.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Jael a girl's or a boy's name?
Jael is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 157 girls and 147 boys in the US.
How popular is Jael in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,101among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Jael, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Jael in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2008, 64% of the babies named Jael in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Jael in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 13 | #2,152 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Jael in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,388among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 157about 1 in 10,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 157 girls in the US were named Jael, making it the 1,388th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,632nd. Its busiest year was 2012, with 206 girls. It first appears in the records in 1957. 147 boys were also named Jael in 2025 (1,315th for boys).
2025 had more girls named Jael than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Jael in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 88% of the babies named Jael in the US in 1979, and 52% in 2025.
Jael in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 157 | #1,388 |
| 2024 | 149 | #1,466 |
| 2023 | 134 | #1,578 |
| 2022 | 143 | #1,515 |
| 2021 | 131 | #1,600 |
| 2020 | 127 | #1,632 |
| 2019 | 154 | #1,441 |
| 2018 | 173 | #1,313 |
| 2017 | 147 | #1,505 |
| 2016 | 145 | #1,545 |
| 2015 | 152 | #1,501 |
| 2014 | 159 | #1,427 |
| 2013 | 177 | #1,321 |
| 2012 | 206 | #1,196 |
| 2011 | 156 | #1,446 |
| 2010 | 161 | #1,420 |
| 2009 | 131 | #1,695 |
| 2008 | 167 | #1,421 |
| 2007 | 175 | #1,381 |
| 2006 | 105 | #1,918 |
| 2005 | 87 | #2,121 |
| 2004 | 84 | #2,133 |
| 2003 | 100 | #1,844 |
| 2002 | 94 | #1,885 |
| 2001 | 76 | #2,147 |
| 2000 | 87 | #1,934 |
| 1999 | 77 | #2,015 |
| 1998 | 65 | #2,185 |
| 1997 | 53 | #2,447 |
| 1996 | 68 | #2,039 |
| 1995 | 49 | #2,547 |
| 1994 | 50 | #2,498 |
| 1993 | 37 | #3,103 |
| 1992 | 41 | #2,864 |
| 1991 | 34 | #3,201 |
| 1990 | 36 | #3,073 |
| 1989 | 38 | #2,873 |
| 1988 | 31 | #3,160 |
| 1987 | 35 | #2,778 |
| 1986 | 26 | #3,358 |
| 1985 | 28 | #3,169 |
| 1984 | 27 | #3,143 |
| 1983 | 23 | #3,430 |
| 1982 | 22 | #3,646 |
| 1981 | 29 | #2,986 |
| 1980 | 20 | #3,852 |
| 1979 | 36 | #2,525 |
| 1978 | 17 | #4,079 |
| 1977 | 18 | #3,910 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 21 | #3,259 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 17 | #3,634 |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,522 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,056 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,488 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 14 | #3,149 |
Names like Jael
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mia Eliana Ava Willow Harper Isabella Delilah Zara Freya Myla Lyra Fatima
Names related to Jael
More Hebrew names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Jael: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jael, updated 20 October 2026.