Oneil
- Last seen for girls in 1924 at #5,061
- #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
- Given to boys 99.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1892 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,757since 1892
Oneil over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Oneil has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2024 | — | #8,312 | 9 | |
| 2023 | — | #8,921 | 8 | |
| 2022 | — | #8,990 | 8 | |
| 2021 | — | #10,799 | 6 | |
| 2020 | — | #8,739 | 8 | |
| 2019 | — | #7,173 | 11 | |
| 2018 | — | #6,345 | 13 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,060 | 14 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,053 | 14 | |
| 2015 | — | #8,040 | 9 | |
| 2014 | — | #7,048 | 11 | |
| 2013 | — | #12,136 | 5 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,390 | 22 | |
| 2011 | — | #6,256 | 13 | |
| 2010 | — | #6,359 | 13 | |
| 2009 | — | #6,095 | 14 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,249 | 17 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,127 | 24 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,520 | 20 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,034 | 16 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,005 | 22 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,426 | 18 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,502 | 17 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,721 | 22 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,066 | 19 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,035 | 13 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,597 | 20 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,288 | 11 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,838 | 26 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,685 | 27 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,094 | 15 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,577 | 28 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,909 | 23 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,813 | 15 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,058 | 20 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,094 | 19 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,203 | 16 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,725 | 19 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,360 | 23 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,599 | 12 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,215 | 9 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,230 | 13 | |
| 1982 | — | #4,593 | 8 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,858 | 10 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,444 | 20 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,669 | 17 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,070 | 13 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,836 | 9 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,935 | 6 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,659 | 9 | |
| 1974 | — | #4,190 | 7 | |
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | #4,441 | 6 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,658 | 8 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,521 | 8 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,549 | 12 | |
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | #2,352 | 12 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,784 | 9 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,982 | 8 | |
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | #2,414 | 12 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,041 | 8 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,070 | 16 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,077 | 8 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,295 | 13 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,896 | 18 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,024 | 8 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,361 | 12 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,979 | 16 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,449 | 11 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,186 | 13 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,665 | 21 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,135 | 13 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,815 | 17 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,872 | 16 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,881 | 16 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,555 | 23 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,601 | 20 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,581 | 18 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,633 | 8 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,699 | 18 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,867 | 15 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,759 | 16 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,471 | 21 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,879 | 14 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,439 | 22 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,913 | 14 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,964 | 13 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,453 | 22 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,860 | 15 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,540 | 20 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,426 | 24 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,427 | 24 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,821 | 17 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,214 | 33 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,448 | 26 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,516 | 25 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,302 | 13 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,360 | 29 | |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #1,169 | 38 |
| 1923 | — | #1,256 | 33 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,470 | 26 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,904 | 18 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,592 | 23 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,882 | 17 | |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | #1,905 | 17 |
| 1917 | — | #1,755 | 18 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,389 | 11 | |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #1,553 | 20 |
| 1914 | — | #2,101 | 10 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,496 | 6 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,527 | 11 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
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| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1892
The first year at least five boys were named Oneil! It came in at #1,066, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1892–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Oneil is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Oneil in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Oneil
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 975 spots since 2020 (#8,739 → #9,714)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1892
- Peaked 1892 at #1,066 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1893, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 24,407
- Highest: 1 in 24,407 boys born in 1892 were named Oneil (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 15.0% of all boys named Oneil (264) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,066 (1892) | #1,066 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 115 | #1,527 (1912) | #1,911 |
| 1920s | 264 | #1,169 (1924) | #1,523 |
| 1930s | 185 | #1,426 (1932) | #1,672 |
| 1940s | 171 | #1,471 (1940) | #1,792 |
| 1950s | 142 | #1,665 (1952) | #2,181 |
| 1960s | 85 | #2,070 (1961) | #2,659 |
| 1970s | 83 | #2,669 (1979) | #3,775 |
| 1980s | 149 | #2,360 (1986) | #3,332 |
| 1990s | 198 | #2,577 (1993) | #3,589 |
| 2000s | 189 | #3,721 (2001) | #4,575 |
| 2010s | 125 | #4,390 (2012) | #6,986 |
| 2020s | 46 | #8,312 (2024) | #9,246 |
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.
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