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
- Peak · boys
- 1935 · 63 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,049since 1889
Oneal over time
Rank among boys' names. Oneal has never cracked the top 700 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 | — | #10,695 | 6 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,469 | 13 | |
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | #8,990 | 8 | |
| 2021 | — | #12,146 | 5 | |
| 2020 | — | #6,620 | 12 | |
| 2019 | — | #8,215 | 9 | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #10,775 | 6 | |
| 2016 | — | #8,146 | 9 | |
| 2015 | — | #8,040 | 9 | |
| 2014 | — | #7,048 | 11 | |
| 2013 | — | #8,789 | 8 | |
| 2012 | — | #10,770 | 6 | |
| 2011 | — | #6,578 | 12 | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | #9,864 | 7 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,249 | 17 | |
| 2007 | — | #8,915 | 8 | |
| 2006 | — | #9,585 | 7 | |
| 2005 | — | #7,640 | 9 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,492 | 14 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,877 | 12 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,919 | 15 | |
| 2001 | — | #5,667 | 12 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,640 | 22 | |
| 1999 | — | #7,874 | 7 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,197 | 16 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,288 | 11 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,406 | 20 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,052 | 15 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,537 | 13 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,368 | 19 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,459 | 18 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,096 | 10 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,167 | 13 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,811 | 10 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,705 | 13 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,641 | 20 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,268 | 14 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,333 | 9 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,701 | 11 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,071 | 14 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,282 | 13 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,030 | 14 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,615 | 11 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,357 | 12 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,375 | 19 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,556 | 17 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,781 | 28 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,948 | 24 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,050 | 21 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,857 | 12 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,243 | 17 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,146 | 10 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,399 | 15 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,046 | 17 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,544 | 26 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,609 | 23 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,650 | 22 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,856 | 18 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,900 | 18 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,513 | 27 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,757 | 21 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,823 | 20 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,400 | 32 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,247 | 39 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,237 | 39 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,267 | 38 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,418 | 30 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,255 | 36 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,268 | 35 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,280 | 34 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,485 | 26 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,150 | 39 | |
| 1950 | — | #989 | 49 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,072 | 43 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,173 | 37 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,190 | 37 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,124 | 38 | |
| 1945 | — | #971 | 43 | |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #824 | 58 |
| 1943 | — | #1,053 | 41 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,036 | 42 | |
| 1941 | — | #987 | 42 | |
| 1940 | — | #904 | 49 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,033 | 38 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,030 | 39 | |
| 1937 | — | #817 | 56 | |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | #1,051 | 37 |
| 1935 | — | #778 | 63 | |
| 1934 | — | #869 | 52 | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | #875 | 50 |
| 1932 | #3,047 | 9 | #802 | 63 |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 | #831 | 57 |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | #909 | 54 |
| 1929 | — | #888 | 56 | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #1,041 | 44 |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #911 | 56 |
| 1926 | — | #931 | 53 | |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 | #956 | 50 |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 | #1,058 | 45 |
| 1923 | — | #954 | 52 | |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 | #958 | 53 |
| 1921 | — | #1,058 | 44 | |
| 1920 | #2,731 | 12 | #1,020 | 46 |
| 1919 | — | #1,097 | 39 | |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | #949 | 49 |
| 1917 | #2,552 | 12 | #1,132 | 35 |
| 1916 | — | #1,072 | 36 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,410 | 23 | |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | #1,019 | 30 |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 | #1,441 | 14 |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 | #1,137 | 17 |
| 1911 | — | #982 | 12 | |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | #981 | 11 |
| 1909 | — | #951 | 10 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,200 | 6 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,111 | 6 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #1,064 | 6 | |
| 1903 | — | #846 | 8 | |
| 1902 | — | #862 | 8 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #968 | 8 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #1,035 | 5 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 1918
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#280 · 1 in 2,294
- South Carolina#305 · 1 in 2,764
- Louisiana#362 · 1 in 2,870
- Georgia#512 · 1 in 5,847
- Texas#751 · 1 in 8,495
Best ever in a state: #182 in South Carolina, 1937.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #280 | 10 | 1 in 2,294 |
| South Carolina | #305 | 7 | 1 in 2,764 |
| Louisiana | #362 | 6 | 1 in 2,870 |
| Georgia | #512 | 5 | 1 in 5,847 |
| Texas | #751 | 5 | 1 in 8,495 |
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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 Oneal
- 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)
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1935 at #778 (63 births)
- Births halved by 1952, 17 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 1929–1935
- 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
- 16.7% of all boys named Oneal (509) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #974 (1889) | #974 |
| 1890s | 5 | #1,035 (1893) | #1,035 |
| 1900s | 58 | #846 (1903) | #1,027 |
| 1910s | 266 | #949 (1918) | #1,122 |
| 1920s | 499 | #888 (1929) | #978 |
| 1930s | 509 | #778 (1935) | #900 |
| 1940s | 430 | #824 (1944) | #1,033 |
| 1950s | 365 | #989 (1950) | #1,260 |
| 1960s | 224 | #1,400 (1960) | #1,710 |
| 1970s | 175 | #1,781 (1976) | #2,471 |
| 1980s | 129 | #2,641 (1987) | #3,546 |
| 1990s | 142 | #3,368 (1993) | #4,544 |
| 2000s | 123 | #3,640 (2000) | #6,685 |
| 2010s | 70 | #6,578 (2011) | #8,545 |
| 2020s | 49 | #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 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 Oneal, 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
- #4,291Oneal6
- #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 20,683 of them was named Oneal, which outranked 80.3% 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).