Neal
Last seen for girls in 1986 at #10,912 · #1,906 for boys in 2025, 82 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1952 · 1,143 births
- Debut · boys
- 43 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 55,048since 1880
Neal over time
Rank among boys' names. Neal has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,906 | 82 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,997 | 77 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,735 | 95 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,597 | 110 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,577 | 110 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,568 | 104 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,468 | 118 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,606 | 102 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,348 | 132 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,229 | 152 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,210 | 152 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,402 | 120 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,568 | 99 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,523 | 105 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,587 | 97 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,447 | 114 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,472 | 113 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,467 | 112 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,405 | 116 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,202 | 139 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,209 | 131 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,316 | 112 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,159 | 129 | |
| 2002 | — | #948 | 169 | |
| 2001 | — | #908 | 172 | |
| 2000 | — | #885 | 178 | |
| 1999 | — | #819 | 186 | |
| 1998 | — | #759 | 210 | |
| 1997 | — | #665 | 246 | |
| 1996 | — | #640 | 262 | |
| 1995 | — | #649 | 258 | |
| 1994 | — | #611 | 294 | |
| 1993 | — | #520 | 384 | |
| 1992 | — | #508 | 396 | |
| 1991 | — | #470 | 444 | |
| 1990 | — | #460 | 463 | |
| 1989 | — | #408 | 522 | |
| 1988 | — | #421 | 460 | |
| 1987 | — | #408 | 456 | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #348 | 543 |
| 1985 | — | #339 | 562 | |
| 1984 | — | #332 | 566 | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #329 | 573 |
| 1982 | — | #338 | 556 | |
| 1981 | — | #320 | 596 | |
| 1980 | — | #323 | 592 | |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #306 | 637 |
| 1978 | — | #307 | 583 | |
| 1977 | — | #309 | 622 | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #323 | 550 |
| 1975 | — | #293 | 648 | |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | #313 | 582 |
| 1973 | — | #323 | 537 | |
| 1972 | — | #333 | 534 | |
| 1971 | — | #315 | 600 | |
| 1970 | — | #289 | 718 | |
| 1969 | — | #281 | 703 | |
| 1968 | — | #290 | 651 | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | #268 | 741 |
| 1966 | — | #254 | 815 | |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | #250 | 884 |
| 1964 | — | #223 | 1,128 | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #227 | 1,094 |
| 1962 | — | #241 | 1,031 | |
| 1961 | — | #237 | 1,122 | |
| 1960 | — | #233 | 1,192 | |
| 1959 | — | #222 | 1,222 | |
| 1958 | — | #227 | 1,157 | |
| 1957 | — | #218 | 1,192 | |
| 1956 | — | #220 | 1,102 | |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 | #220 | 1,060 |
| 1954 | — | #212 | 1,088 | |
| 1953 | — | #216 | 967 | |
| 1952 | — | #198 | 1,143 | |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #208 | 956 |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #217 | 848 |
| 1949 | — | #239 | 740 | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #242 | 713 |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #243 | 730 |
| 1946 | — | #232 | 676 | |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 | #232 | 578 |
| 1944 | — | #236 | 568 | |
| 1943 | — | #263 | 535 | |
| 1942 | — | #236 | 569 | |
| 1941 | — | #233 | 543 | |
| 1940 | — | #239 | 506 | |
| 1939 | — | #256 | 444 | |
| 1938 | — | #258 | 446 | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #261 | 430 |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 | #265 | 419 |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #265 | 415 |
| 1934 | — | #257 | 440 | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | #277 | 362 |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 | #283 | 374 |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | #286 | 372 |
| 1930 | — | #292 | 381 | |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 | #301 | 342 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | #291 | 377 |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | #291 | 384 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #279 | 417 |
| 1925 | #2,939 | 11 | #282 | 420 |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | #284 | 405 |
| 1923 | — | #279 | 410 | |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | #281 | 388 |
| 1921 | #3,400 | 9 | #314 | 344 |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | #293 | 371 |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | #328 | 294 |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | #336 | 287 |
| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 | #327 | 277 |
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 | #308 | 283 |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #355 | 228 |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | #352 | 176 |
| 1913 | — | #345 | 143 | |
| 1912 | #1,620 | 12 | #336 | 127 |
| 1911 | — | #344 | 63 | |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | #304 | 65 |
| 1909 | — | #334 | 48 | |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | #330 | 46 |
| 1907 | — | #307 | 48 | |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | #316 | 43 |
| 1905 | — | #299 | 45 | |
| 1904 | — | #288 | 44 | |
| 1903 | — | #263 | 49 | |
| 1902 | — | #277 | 46 | |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 | #334 | 29 |
| 1900 | — | #269 | 58 | |
| 1899 | — | #306 | 33 | |
| 1898 | — | #288 | 40 | |
| 1897 | — | #272 | 43 | |
| 1896 | — | #315 | 35 | |
| 1895 | — | #289 | 38 | |
| 1894 | — | #275 | 41 | |
| 1893 | — | #300 | 33 | |
| 1892 | — | #312 | 35 | |
| 1891 | — | #273 | 35 | |
| 1890 | — | #272 | 40 | |
| 1889 | — | #271 | 38 | |
| 1888 | — | #289 | 37 | |
| 1887 | — | #268 | 37 | |
| 1886 | — | #267 | 40 | |
| 1885 | — | #290 | 33 | |
| 1884 | — | #288 | 36 | |
| 1883 | — | #306 | 29 | |
| 1882 | — | #288 | 35 | |
| 1881 | — | #273 | 33 | |
| 1880 | — | #252 | 43 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Neal was already there! It came in at #252, and was given to 43 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1899, when fewer than 44 boys a year got the name.
Where Neal is popular in 1918
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Nebraska#190 · 1 in 1,260
- Kansas#190 · 1 in 1,339
- Oklahoma#217 · 1 in 1,403
- Ohio#229 · 1 in 2,526
- North Carolina#245 · 1 in 2,093
Best ever in a state: #81 in Hawaii, 1956.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | #190 | 11 | 1 in 1,339 |
| Nebraska | #190 | 9 | 1 in 1,260 |
| Oklahoma | #217 | 14 | 1 in 1,403 |
| Ohio | #229 | 19 | 1 in 2,526 |
| North Carolina | #245 | 14 | 1 in 2,093 |
| Iowa | #258 | 8 | 1 in 2,526 |
| Florida | #259 | 5 | 1 in 1,759 |
| Louisiana | #264 | 10 | 1 in 1,722 |
| Tennessee | #266 | 9 | 1 in 2,432 |
| Massachusetts | #271 | 8 | 1 in 4,072 |
| Pennsylvania | #281 | 21 | 1 in 4,114 |
| California | #288 | 8 | 1 in 2,705 |
| Georgia | #298 | 11 | 1 in 2,658 |
| Michigan | #299 | 10 | 1 in 3,278 |
| South Carolina | #305 | 7 | 1 in 2,764 |
| Indiana | #307 | 6 | 1 in 3,898 |
| Missouri | #310 | 9 | 1 in 2,974 |
| Texas | #336 | 18 | 1 in 2,360 |
| Wisconsin | #339 | 5 | 1 in 4,443 |
| Mississippi | #341 | 6 | 1 in 2,967 |
| Kentucky | #355 | 7 | 1 in 3,294 |
| New York | #391 | 12 | 1 in 7,482 |
| Alabama | #402 | 6 | 1 in 3,824 |
| Virginia | #408 | 5 | 1 in 4,403 |
| Illinois | #425 | 7 | 1 in 7,802 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Maryland | — | — | — |
| Minnesota | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Neal
- 91 spots since 2024 (#1,997 → #1,906)
- 338 spots since 2020 (#1,568 → #1,906)
- 696 spots since 2015 (#1,210 → #1,906)
- Biggest jump: 57 spots in 1902 (#334 → #277)
- Biggest drop: 211 spots in 2003 (#948 → #1,159)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1952 at #198 (1,143 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 20 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 123 yrs · run 1880–2002
- Highest: 1 in 1,700 boys born in 1952 were named Neal (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 20,830 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 19.5% of all boys named Neal (10,735) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 361 | #252 (1880) | #279 |
| 1890s | 373 | #272 (1897) | #290 |
| 1900s | 456 | #263 (1903) | #302 |
| 1910s | 1,943 | #304 (1910) | #334 |
| 1920s | 3,858 | #279 (1926) | #290 |
| 1930s | 4,083 | #256 (1939) | #270 |
| 1940s | 6,158 | #232 (1946) | #240 |
| 1950s | 10,735 | #198 (1952) | #216 |
| 1960s | 9,361 | #223 (1964) | #250 |
| 1970s | 6,011 | #289 (1970) | #311 |
| 1980s | 5,426 | #320 (1981) | #357 |
| 1990s | 3,143 | #460 (1990) | #610 |
| 2000s | 1,371 | #885 (2000) | #1,197 |
| 2010s | 1,191 | #1,210 (2015) | #1,439 |
| 2020s | 578 | #1,568 (2020) | #1,730 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Neal in 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 192,939 of them was named Neal, which outranked 23.2% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,869Zelna7
- #3,869Zenia7
- #3,869Zonnie7
- #4,291Neal6
- #4,291Abby6
- #4,291Adelphia6
- #4,291Affie6
- #4,809Abie5
- #4,809Adalee5
- #4,809Addis5
Tied with 517 names at #4,291; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 3,531 of them was named Neal, which outranked 93.0% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).