Jaela
Girl · JAY-la · Hebrew
Jaela is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “mountain goat; ibex”. In 2025 it ranked 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Jaela mean?
Hebrew: probably a form of Jael
“mountain goat; ibex”
Jael is the heroine of Judges 4 who killed the Canaanite general Sisera.
- Say it
- JAY-la
Is Jaela a girl's or a boy's name?
Jaela is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jaela in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,721among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Jaela, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,179th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 182 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
2025 had fewer girls named Jaela than any year since 1994.
Half of all the girls named Jaela in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 771 girls in the US were given Jaela or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #427, up from #5,721 for this spelling alone.
Jaela in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 26 | #5,018 |
| 2023 | 37 | #3,982 |
| 2022 | 36 | #4,039 |
| 2021 | 47 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 49 | #3,179 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,922 |
| 2018 | 59 | #2,840 |
| 2017 | 67 | #2,597 |
| 2016 | 62 | #2,761 |
| 2015 | 64 | #2,736 |
| 2014 | 66 | #2,646 |
| 2013 | 88 | #2,137 |
| 2012 | 109 | #1,846 |
| 2011 | 143 | #1,531 |
| 2010 | 131 | #1,633 |
| 2009 | 159 | #1,463 |
| 2008 | 177 | #1,366 |
| 2007 | 182 | #1,332 |
| 2006 | 175 | #1,331 |
| 2005 | 101 | #1,910 |
| 2004 | 88 | #2,065 |
| 2003 | 103 | #1,812 |
| 2002 | 100 | #1,789 |
| 2001 | 136 | #1,395 |
| 2000 | 112 | #1,575 |
| 1999 | 87 | #1,825 |
| 1998 | 48 | #2,753 |
| 1997 | 40 | #2,974 |
| 1996 | 40 | #2,961 |
| 1995 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,820 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
Names like Jaela
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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