Nael
- #6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births
- #903 for boys in 2025, 263 births
- Given to boys 96.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 263 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,458since 1975
Nael over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Nael has never cracked the top 900 here.
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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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,546 | 17 | #903 | 263 |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | #1,035 | 215 |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 | #1,128 | 187 |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | #1,695 | 101 |
| 2021 | — | #1,635 | 102 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,833 | 81 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,943 | 41 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,848 | 42 | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #2,755 | 44 |
| 2016 | — | #2,993 | 39 | |
| 2015 | #8,447 | 13 | #3,513 | 31 |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | #3,891 | 26 |
| 2013 | — | #3,339 | 32 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,862 | 19 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,433 | 16 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,047 | 18 | |
| 2009 | — | #6,802 | 12 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,249 | 17 | |
| 2007 | — | #7,094 | 11 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,865 | 18 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,824 | 17 | |
| 2004 | — | #8,143 | 8 | |
| 2003 | — | #9,581 | 6 | |
| 2002 | — | #8,456 | 7 | |
| 2001 | — | #8,339 | 7 | |
| 2000 | — | #6,839 | 9 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,317 | 12 | |
| 1998 | — | #9,631 | 5 | |
| 1997 | — | #9,265 | 5 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,136 | 7 | |
| 1995 | — | #7,792 | 6 | |
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| 1993 | — | #6,816 | 7 | |
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| 1991 | — | #5,096 | 10 | |
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| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
| 1988 | — | #7,270 | 5 | |
| 1987 | — | #6,089 | 6 | |
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| 1985 | — | #6,523 | 5 | |
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| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
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| 1978 | — | #5,772 | 5 | |
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| 1975 | — | #4,797 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1975
The first year at least five boys were named Nael! It came in at #4,797, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1976–1986, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Nael is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- Massachusetts#555 · 1 in 3,378
- Arizona#559 · 1 in 2,727
- Virginia#563 · 1 in 2,866
- Maryland#571 · 1 in 2,862
- New York#620 · 1 in 3,518
Best ever in a state: #491 in Maryland, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #555 | 8 | 1 in 3,378 |
| Arizona | #559 | 12 | 1 in 2,727 |
| Virginia | #563 | 13 | 1 in 2,866 |
| Maryland | #571 | 8 | 1 in 2,862 |
| New York | #620 | 24 | 1 in 3,518 |
| Minnesota | #718 | 6 | 1 in 4,083 |
| California | #731 | 36 | 1 in 4,874 |
| Washington | #737 | 8 | 1 in 4,100 |
| Texas | #749 | 36 | 1 in 4,863 |
| Illinois | #805 | 10 | 1 in 4,955 |
| New Jersey | #829 | 7 | 1 in 5,681 |
| Florida | #846 | 17 | 1 in 5,620 |
| Georgia | #919 | 9 | 1 in 5,580 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,231 | 5 | 1 in 10,452 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Nael
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 930 spots since 2020 (#1,833 → #903)
- Biggest jump: 132 spots in 2025
Rise & fade · boys
50 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1975
- Peaked 2025 at #903 (263 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,495
- Highest: 1 in 6,495 boys born in 2025 were named Nael (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 65.1% of all boys named Nael (949) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 11 | #4,797 (1975) | #5,285 |
| 1980s | 26 | #6,089 (1987) | #6,807 |
| 1990s | 52 | #5,096 (1991) | #7,293 |
| 2000s | 112 | #4,824 (2005) | #7,019 |
| 2010s | 308 | #2,755 (2017) | #3,762 |
| 2020s | 949 | #903 (2025) | #1,372 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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