Lael
- #1,942 for girls in 2025, 99 births
- #1,263 for boys in 2025, 156 births
- Given to girls 66.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1895 · 5 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,360since 1895
Lael over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,942 | 99 | #1,263 | 156 |
| 2024 | #2,661 | 65 | #1,472 | 123 |
| 2023 | #3,047 | 54 | #3,005 | 41 |
| 2022 | #3,033 | 54 | #3,617 | 31 |
| 2021 | #3,069 | 53 | #3,814 | 28 |
| 2020 | #3,091 | 51 | #2,925 | 40 |
| 2019 | #3,718 | 40 | #2,525 | 52 |
| 2018 | #3,396 | 46 | #3,607 | 30 |
| 2017 | #2,835 | 59 | #4,466 | 22 |
| 2016 | #2,866 | 59 | #3,358 | 33 |
| 2015 | #2,382 | 77 | #3,365 | 33 |
| 2014 | #2,888 | 59 | #4,263 | 23 |
| 2013 | #3,465 | 45 | #4,463 | 21 |
| 2012 | #2,597 | 69 | #4,390 | 22 |
| 2011 | #2,989 | 57 | #4,221 | 23 |
| 2010 | #3,306 | 49 | #6,036 | 14 |
| 2009 | #3,870 | 40 | #5,800 | 15 |
| 2008 | #3,645 | 44 | #4,901 | 19 |
| 2007 | #4,380 | 34 | #5,434 | 16 |
| 2006 | #3,669 | 42 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | #3,646 | 40 | #6,634 | 11 |
| 2004 | #4,492 | 30 | #4,421 | 19 |
| 2003 | #4,307 | 30 | #5,877 | 12 |
| 2002 | #4,767 | 25 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #4,688 | 25 | #4,890 | 15 |
| 2000 | #4,400 | 27 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #5,424 | 19 | #6,530 | 9 |
| 1998 | #5,799 | 17 | #6,314 | 9 |
| 1997 | #5,010 | 20 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 | #5,535 | 10 |
| 1995 | #6,257 | 14 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 | #5,109 | 11 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1992 | #5,484 | 17 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #6,253 | 14 | — | |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #5,188 | 14 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,852 | 21 | #4,052 | 10 |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #4,476 | 16 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | #3,530 | 23 | #3,966 | 10 |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #3,853 | 20 | #3,615 | 11 |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 | #3,810 | 10 |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 | #2,568 | 17 |
| 1977 | #3,486 | 21 | #1,904 | 26 |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 | #2,826 | 14 |
| 1975 | #3,052 | 23 | #2,902 | 13 |
| 1974 | #4,041 | 15 | #2,199 | 19 |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 | #2,606 | 14 |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 | #2,418 | 15 |
| 1971 | #3,373 | 19 | #2,813 | 12 |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | #2,399 | 15 |
| 1969 | #3,958 | 13 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,400 | 14 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,293 | 15 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #3,318 | 15 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,212 | 15 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,104 | 15 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #2,506 | 21 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,033 | 15 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,194 | 25 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,725 | 17 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,027 | 27 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,106 | 13 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,201 | 12 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,314 | 19 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | #2,212 | 20 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,739 | 13 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,237 | 15 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #2,447 | 14 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #2,046 | 18 | — | |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,424 | 12 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,940 | 9 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,873 | 17 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,731 | 10 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,187 | 14 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,658 | 21 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,817 | 19 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,803 | 19 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 | — | |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 | — | |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | — | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | — | |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | — | |
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | #4,307 | 5 | |
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 | — | |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | — | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | — | |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,258 | 8 | — | |
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| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1895
The first year at least five girls were named Lael! It came in at #1,592, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1895–1915, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Lael is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Maryland#731 · 1 in 3,331
- New Jersey#1,168 · 1 in 7,100
- Virginia#1,180 · 1 in 6,748
- Florida#1,325 · 1 in 8,676
- Pennsylvania#1,392 · 1 in 9,338
Best ever in a state: #349 in Minnesota, 1931.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | #731 | 6 | 1 in 3,331 |
| New Jersey | #1,168 | 5 | 1 in 7,100 |
| Virginia | #1,180 | 5 | 1 in 6,748 |
| Florida | #1,325 | 10 | 1 in 8,676 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,392 | 5 | 1 in 9,338 |
| New York | #1,526 | 8 | 1 in 9,791 |
| Texas | #1,714 | 13 | 1 in 12,349 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Lael
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 1,149 spots since 2020 (#3,091 → #1,942)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1895
- Peaked 1895 at #1,592 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1896, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 16,235
- Highest: 1 in 16,235 girls born in 2025 were named Lael (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #1,592 in 1895, was only 1 in 46,725 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 23.7% of all girls named Lael (560) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2024
- Mostly girls until 2023, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,592 (1895) | #1,592 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 25 | #3,258 (1916) | #4,120 |
| 1920s | 50 | #3,436 (1928) | #4,249 |
| 1930s | 134 | #1,658 (1933) | #2,445 |
| 1940s | 125 | #2,046 (1942) | #2,893 |
| 1950s | 174 | #2,027 (1954) | #2,763 |
| 1960s | 124 | #3,212 (1960) | #3,840 |
| 1970s | 144 | #3,052 (1975) | #4,521 |
| 1980s | 156 | #3,530 (1982) | #5,078 |
| 1990s | 150 | #5,010 (1997) | #6,283 |
| 2000s | 337 | #3,645 (2008) | #4,186 |
| 2010s | 560 | #2,382 (2015) | #3,044 |
| 2020s | 376 | #1,942 (2025) | #2,807 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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