Nael
#905 in 2025Boys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Nael has been given to 1,519 babies in the U.S. since 1975. In 2025 it ranked #905 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 263 recorded.
Babies named Nael, 2025
1 in 12,600
Nael over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
How common is Nael?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 12,600
- 263 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 6,490
- 0.02% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #905
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 8,738 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Nael sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 8,738 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nael. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Naels were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Nael was born before 2022 — so the typical Nael is around 3 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2020s
- 65.1% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 93.3%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,458
- People you could plausibly meet
2020s — 65.1% of all recorded uses (949).
Is Nael 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
- +132
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +938
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +2,657
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 8.48×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 100.0%
- Peak was 2025 (263)
- Years since peak
- Peaking now
- At its all-time high
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 30.4% average annual change
Spellings of Nael
Nael is not the most common spelling — Paul is, with 38.2% against Nael's 0.04%.
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 Nael is used
Across 2016–2025, Nael was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in 10,000 boys, against 1 in 15,304 across all states with data. It was least common in Ohio (1 in 100,000).
Most concentrated
- 1New York1 in 10,000
- 2Texas1 in 10,000
- 3Maryland1 in 11,111
- 4Arizona1 in 12,500
- 5Virginia1 in 12,500
- 6California1 in 14,286
- 7Florida1 in 14,286
- 8New Jersey1 in 16,667
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.
Nael around the world
Where Nael 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 & Wales2000–2025#687in 2025
- Ireland2025–2025#829in 2025
- France1980–2025#33in 2025
- Canada2005–2024#382in 2024
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Nael by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Nael
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Nael
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.