Chael — #5797 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Chael

The Social Security Administration has registered 519 babies named Chael between 2003 and 2024, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Chael currently holds the #5797 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 96 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chael performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 401 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Chael shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. In total, SSA state-level files list Chael in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chael in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 519 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.