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Jael
Rank in 2024
#1,474
Born in 2024
148
Peak year
2012 · #1197
Origin
Hebrew
Also recorded for boys:138 in 2024 (#1,365)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 148 girls were named Jael, about 1 in every 10,900.
- It peaked in 2012 with 206 babies, ranked #1197.
- It first shows up in the records in 1957.
- 4,401 girls have been named Jael since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Jael per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- 0Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 14 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 201 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 574 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,824 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,788 babies, 0.09 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From the name of a minor biblical character, Hebrew יעל.
- A female given name from Hebrew.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Jael, CC BY-SA 4.0.