first name
JAEL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,487 people named Jael, 59.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 20.9% as Black and 14.3% as White. 63.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Jael peaked in 2012, when 409 babies got the name.
At least 7,948 babies have been given the name since 1957. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Jael by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,657. The largest share of babies named Jael, 47.3%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Jael is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jael has been most common in Florida (3.4×), Texas (2.2×), and California (2×), and least common in Michigan (0.29×).
4,850 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jael, most common first.
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