Jael

Boy · recorded 1979–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 1.1 to 1)

  • #1,315in 2025
  • 1 in 11,619boys in 2025
  • +29%last ten years
  • 2.6×in New York

Most popular in 2012, and up 29% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1979

05410719791991200220142025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 43 recorded years as a table
Jael, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19793
19803
19834
19855
19865
19875
19884
19893
19915
19925
19938
19947
199512
19966
199711
199810
199910
200012
200122
200228
200332
200442
200557
200650
200770
200862
200978
201076
201162
2012107
201385
201465
201567
201674
201773
201871
201974
202094
202180
202271
202387
202480
202586

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. New York 2.6×
  2. Pennsylvania 2.3×
  3. Texas 1.6×
  4. Florida 1.0×
  5. California 1.0×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
147
Rank in 2025
#1,315
How rare
1 in 11,619 boys
Since 1979
3,387

Most popular in 2012, at 107 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 29% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
New York2.6×57
Pennsylvania2.3×30
Texas1.6×71
Florida1.0×25
California1.0×44

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.