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Lael

#1,952 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Of God

Lael has been given to 3,526 babies in the U.S. since 1895. In 2025 it ranked #1,952 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 99 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 67% girls, 33% boys all-time.

Babies named Lael, 2025

1 in 33,500

Lael over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Lael over time

In 2025, Lael went to 39% girls and 61% boys.

18952025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Lael: meaning, origin, and history

Of God

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Lael means

Lael means “of God”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,360 girls were recorded with the name Lael between 1895 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 99 in 2025; its best national rank was #1,688 in 1933.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #3,122 in 2020 to #1,952 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,394 in 2015 to #1,952 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,166 boys were recorded with the name Lael between 1922 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 156 in 2025; its best national rank was #1,264 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,958 in 2020 to #1,264 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,403 in 2015 to #1,264 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Lael?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 33,500
99 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 16,200
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#1,952
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
23,212 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Lael sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5001%

Put another way: gather 23,212 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lael. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Laels were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lael was born before 2003 — so the typical Lael is around 22 today.

Median birth year
2003
About 22 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
23.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
52.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,021
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Choose a decade

2010s — 23.7% of all recorded uses (560).

Is Lael rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+730
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+1,170
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+442
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.29×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (99)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
19.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,688
1933

Spellings of Lael

Lael is not the most common spelling — Hazel is, with 20.5% against Lael's 0.16%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Lael is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Lael was most concentrated in Maryland — about 1 in 20,000 girls, against 1 in 38,280 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).

15 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Maryland1 in 20,000
  2. 2Georgia1 in 25,000
  3. 3New Jersey1 in 25,000
  4. 4California1 in 33,333
  5. 5Florida1 in 33,333
  6. 6New York1 in 33,333
  7. 7Colorado1 in 50,000
  8. 8Texas1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Lael is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Lael was most concentrated in Maryland — about 1 in 25,000 boys, against 1 in 42,152 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).

14 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Maryland1 in 25,000
  2. 2Texas1 in 25,000
  3. 3Florida1 in 33,333
  4. 4Georgia1 in 33,333
  5. 5Massachusetts1 in 33,333
  6. 6Washington1 in 33,333
  7. 7California1 in 50,000
  8. 8Colorado1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Lael around the world

Where Lael ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2008–2025
    #1,315
    in 2025
  • France
    2006–2025
    #5,281
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2011–2024
    #1,615
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1984–2013
    #818
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Lael

People whose public names include Lael, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Lael by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,952
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,170
Best rank ever
#1,688
1933
Peak year
2025
99 that year
First recorded
1895
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,360
Count in 2025
99

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,264
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,694
Best rank ever
#1,264
2025
Peak year
2025
156 that year
First recorded
1922
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,166
Count in 2025
156

Names similar to Lael

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

LaelaYaelJaelGaelIsraelLaenaAbigaelRaelLaeliaLaekynLaelleLaelynnLaelynLaelaniLaelahAnaelAzraelNaelRafaelMichaelMishaelMikaelLaetitiaHazael

Names with a curve like Lael

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Lael, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

EllenaAzaliaDevoraJosephinaDarlynAdoraGreerSimaMarisLovelyArlynDanni

Sibling names for Lael

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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