Unisex name · since 2014
Hael
Hael has 23 recorded births since 2014 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,802 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,421 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 23
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
23 babies have been named Hael since 2014, making it today's #10421 unisex name.
Hael has 23 recorded births among boys since 2014, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10421 as of the latest data, more common than 25% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2014 to 2025.
- #27,802 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,421 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 23 born since 2014
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hael ranks #27,802 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,421 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 23 born since 2014, peaking in the 2020s.
- #27,802 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,421 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 23
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
Hael's 23 recorded births place it above 38.38% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Hael compares
23 9th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Hael's all-time total is 94% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Hael | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 23 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 34 | 22,252 |
Hael's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Hael splits its recorded history at 2021: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2014 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Hael popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Hael popularity over time - girls
10 total births recorded since 2016 (Hael as girls' name)
Hael by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (18 births, 78% of the file).
2020s was Hael's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 78% of all-time use.
Hael births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 18 births (78% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Hael: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2014–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Hael draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.