girls:
2.2k births since 1895
#3674 (36th percentile)
boys:
886 births since 1922
#3702 (19th percentile)
overall:
3.1k births since 1895
#4897 (37th percentile)
The name Lael is the #4,897 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,080 recorded births since 1895. This represents the 36.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 36.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,674 (35.7% percentile) for all time with 2,194 births since 1895. For boys, it ranks #3,702 (19.2% percentile) for all time with 886 births since 1922.
Lael first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1895 (1895 for girls and 1922 for boys). Birth data for Lael is available in 108 out of the 129 years between 1895 and 2023 (107 years for girls and 61 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Lael has been given predominantly to girls, with 71.2% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 56.4% of babies named Lael were girls.
For girls, Lael reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 7.5% percentile (ranked #888) with 39 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 39 births per million (ranked 7.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Lael ranks #899 for girls (5.1% percentile) with 30 births per million, which is 76.8% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Lael reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 5.1% percentile (ranked #870) with 27 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 27 births per million (ranked 5.1% percentile). Despite a peak around 2008, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Lael ranks #875 for boys (4.0% percentile) with 22 births per million, which is 82.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lael".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Lael. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 73.0% confident that Lael is pronounced as layl, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LAY-uhl, at 27.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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