Name meaning & stats
Jael
Jael (Hebrew origin). 7,948 US babies since 1940, peak 2012.
What it means
No agreed meaning on record
Hebrew
In US birth records
Peak year: 2012
7,948 US babies were named Jael between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Jael (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 87% of the family
- Jael 87%
- Jaelle 7%
- Jaelee 5%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2012)