Lael
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- LAY-el
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #687 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,263 for boys
Lael is a name of Hebrew origin, meaning “belonging to God”. In 2025 it ranked 687th for boys in the UK (58 babies) and 1,263rd for boys in the US (156 babies).
What does Lael mean?
Hebrew
“belonging to God”
A biblical name: Lael was the father of Eliasaph, a leader of the Gershonite Levites in the Book of Numbers.
Is Lael a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Lael has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 24 girls and 58 boys in the UK and 99 girls and 156 boys in the US.
How popular is Lael in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 687th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 58 about 1 in 5,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 973% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 58 boys in the UK were named Lael, making it the 687th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. 24 girls were also named Lael in 2025 (1,368th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most boys named Lael of any year since it first appeared, in 2007.
Half of all the boys named Lael in the UK since 1996 were born between 2024 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 50% of the babies named Lael in the UK in 2020, and 29% in 2025.
Among boys in 2025, it was 637th in England and Wales.
Lael in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | #687 |
| 2024 | 51 | #748 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
How popular is Lael in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,263rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 156 about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 162% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 156 boys in the US were named Lael, making it the 1,263rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,924th. It first appears in the records in 1922. 99 girls were also named Lael in 2025 (1,942nd for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most boys named Lael of any year since it first appeared, in 1922.
Half of all the boys named Lael in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 39% of the babies named Lael in the US were girls.
Lael in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 156 | #1,263 |
| 2024 | 123 | #1,472 |
| 2023 | 41 | #3,004 |
| 2022 | 31 | #3,615 |
| 2021 | 28 | #3,810 |
| 2020 | 40 | #2,924 |
| 2019 | 52 | #2,524 |
| 2018 | 30 | #3,603 |
| 2017 | 22 | #4,462 |
| 2016 | 33 | #3,357 |
| 2015 | 33 | #3,364 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,260 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,387 |
| 2011 | 23 | #4,219 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,897 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,416 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,614 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 17 | #2,567 |
| 1977 | 26 | #1,904 |
| 1976 | 14 | #2,825 |
| 1975 | 13 | #2,900 |
| 1974 | 19 | #2,197 |
| 1973 | 14 | #2,604 |
| 1972 | 15 | #2,418 |
| 1971 | 12 | #2,811 |
| 1970 | 15 | #2,398 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
Names like Lael
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Levi, Axel, Asher, Noah, Abel, Jonah, Raphael, Ezra, Enzo, Eli, Caleb, Luca
Names related to Lael
More Hebrew names
Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie
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, “Lael: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lael, updated 20 October 2026.