Jael

Girl · recorded 1957–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 1.1 to 1)

  • #1,388in 2025
  • 1 in 10,237girls in 2025
  • +15%last ten years
  • 2.0×in Florida

Most popular in 2012.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1957

05911719571974199120082025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 60 recorded years as a table
Jael, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19577
19653
19686
19695
19703
19714
19728
197312
19747
197514
19768
197712
197811
197922
198012
198117
198213
198314
198416
198516
198615
198720
198817
198921
199019
199118
199222
199320
199428
199528
199639
199730
199837
199943
200048
200142
200252
200355
200446
200547
200655
200791
200888
200971
201091
201189
2012117
2013101
201489
201585
201682
201785
2018102
201992
202079
202180
202287
202384
202492
202598

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

  1. Florida 2.0×
  2. Texas 1.3×
  3. California 0.7×

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
157
Rank in 2025
#1,388
How rare
1 in 10,237 girls
Since 1957
4,561

Most popular in 2012, at 117 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 15% per million girls born.

Top 3 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Florida2.0×47
Texas1.3×56
California0.7×33

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