Oneal

Last seen for girls in 1944 at #4,574 · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to boys 95.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1935 · 63 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,049
since 1889

Oneal over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Oneal has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201900peak #778, 1935boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#10,6956
2024—#6,46913
2023—#12,2395
2022—#8,9908
2021—#12,1465
2020—#6,62012
2019—#8,2159
2018——
2017—#10,7756
2016—#8,1469
2015—#8,0409
2014—#7,04811
2013—#8,7898
2012—#10,7706
2011—#6,57812
2010——
2009—#9,8647
2008—#5,24917
2007—#8,9158
2006—#9,5857
2005—#7,6409
2004—#5,49214
2003—#5,87712
2002—#4,91915
2001—#5,66712
2000—#3,64022
1999—#7,8747
1998—#4,19716
1997—#5,28811
1996—#3,40620
1995—#4,05215
1994—#4,53713
1993—#3,36819
1992—#3,45918
1991—#5,09610
1990—#4,16713
1989—#4,81110
1988—#3,70513
1987—#2,64120
1986—#3,26814
1985—#4,3339
1984—#3,70111
1983—#3,07114
1982—#3,28213
1981—#3,03014
1980—#3,61511
1979—#3,35712
1978—#2,37519
1977—#2,55617
1976—#1,78128
1975—#1,94824
1974—#2,05021
1973—#2,85712
1972—#2,24317
1971—#3,14610
1970—#2,39915
1969—#2,04617
1968—#1,54426
1967—#1,60923
1966—#1,65022
1965—#1,85618
1964—#1,90018
1963—#1,51327
1962—#1,75721
1961—#1,82320
1960—#1,40032
1959—#1,24739
1958—#1,23739
1957—#1,26738
1956—#1,41830
1955—#1,25536
1954—#1,26835
1953—#1,28034
1952—#1,48526
1951—#1,15039
1950—#98949
1949—#1,07243
1948—#1,17337
1947—#1,19037
1946—#1,12438
1945—#97143
1944#4,5745#82458
1943—#1,05341
1942—#1,03642
1941—#98742
1940—#90449
1939—#1,03338
1938—#1,03039
1937—#81756
1936#3,7016#1,05137
1935—#77863
1934—#86952
1933#4,2185#87550
1932#3,0479#80263
1931#3,2268#83157
1930#4,0476#90954
1929—#88856
1928#4,7255#1,04144
1927#4,8055#91156
1926—#93153
1925#3,11610#95650
1924#3,6658#1,05845
1923—#95452
1922#3,3799#95853
1921—#1,05844
1920#2,73112#1,02046
1919—#1,09739
1918#4,2916#94949
1917#2,55212#1,13235
1916—#1,07236
1915—#1,41023
1914#3,1886#1,01930
1913#2,5407#1,44114
1912#2,6346#1,13717
1911—#98212
1910#2,3985#98111
1909—#95110
1908—#1,2176
1907—#1,2006
1906—#1,1116
1905——
1904—#1,0646
1903—#8468
1902—#8628
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1900—#9688
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1893—#1,0355
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1889—#9745
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First appearance
1889

The first year at least five boys were named Oneal! It came in at #974, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1889–1899, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Oneal is popular in 1900

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Oneal
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 4,226 spots since 2024 (#6,469 → #10,695)
  • 4,075 spots since 2020 (#6,620 → #10,695)
  • 2,655 spots since 2015 (#8,040 → #10,695)
  • Biggest jump: 266 spots in 1909 (#1,217 → #951)
  • Biggest drop: 273 spots in 1936 (#778 → #1,051)
Rise & fade · boys
46 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1889
  • Peaked 1935 at #778 (63 births)
  • Births halved by 1952, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 26 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 1929–1935
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,904
  • Highest: 1 in 14,904 boys born in 1903 were named Oneal (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #778 in 1935, was only 1 in 16,529 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1930s
  • 16.7% of all boys named Oneal (509) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#974 (1889)#974
1890s5#1,035 (1893)#1,035
1900s58#846 (1903)#1,027
1910s266#949 (1918)#1,122
1920s499#888 (1929)#978
1930s509#778 (1935)#900
1940s430#824 (1944)#1,033
1950s365#989 (1950)#1,260
1960s224#1,400 (1960)#1,710
1970s175#1,781 (1976)#2,471
1980s129#2,641 (1987)#3,546
1990s142#3,368 (1993)#4,544
2000s123#3,640 (2000)#6,685
2010s70#6,578 (2011)#8,545
2020s49#6,469 (2024)#9,527

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.

Oneal in 1900

boys
#968
8 births · 1 in 18,809 boys

Top boys' names in 1900

  1. #1John9,828
  2. #2William8,579
  3. #3James7,245
  4. #4George5,403
  5. #5Charles4,098
  6. #6Robert3,821
  7. #7Joseph3,714
  8. #8Frank3,477
  9. #9Edward2,720
  10. #10Henry2,606
  11. #968Oneal8
More about 1900

boys

150,474 boys got a published name in 1900; 1 in 18,809 of them was named Oneal, which outranked 35.7% of the 1,506 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Oneal
  1. #902Wellington9
  2. #902Wilfrid9
  3. #902Zollie9
  4. #968Oneal8
  5. #968Ace8
  6. #968Adolf8
  7. #968Agnes8
  8. #1,050Adelbert7
  9. #1,050Ananias7
  10. #1,050Arlington7

Tied with 81 names at #968; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1899
Risers
  1. ↑ 561Bertha#1,051 → #490
  2. ↑ 526Wilber#928 → #402
  3. ↑ 517Lonie#1,051 → #534
  4. ↑ 517Pasquale#1,051 → #534
  5. ↑ 473Boyce#1,051 → #578
Fallers
  1. ↓ 829Dora#481 → #1,310
  2. ↓ 697Sarah#613 → #1,310
  3. ↓ 697Fannie#613 → #1,310
  4. ↓ 681Lem#481 → #1,162
  5. ↓ 656Merritt#394 → #1,050

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1900 →