Sael
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- sah-EL
- US rank, 2025
- #2,516 for boys
Sael is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 2,516th for boys in the US (53 babies).
Where does Sael come from?
Uncertain; possibly a variant of Saul or Ismael
Is Sael a girl's or a boy's name?
Sael is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 53 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sael in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,516th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 53 about 1 in 32,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 277% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 53 boys in the US were named Sael, making it the 2,516th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. It first appears in the records in 2003.
2025 had the most boys named Sael of any year since it first appeared, in 2003.
Half of all the boys named Sael in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sael in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53 | #2,516 |
| 2024 | 29 | #3,791 |
| 2023 | 31 | #3,627 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 20 | #4,776 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
Names like Sael
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Salem, Zahir, Zamir, Hamza, Zayd, Zayan, Abdiel, Sanad, Zymir, Azai, Azaiah
Names related to Sael
Sources
Figures from 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, “Sael: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sael, updated 20 October 2026.