Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Mcneal

#20,601 most common boys' name of all time · #54,210 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1916–1952

Rank among boys
#20,601
Rank overall
#54,210 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
8 of 146
All-time
43
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1920 #3,757
Best rank
#3,757 1920
Girls Boys peak 7/yr
19201940

Mcneal first appears in 1916. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1952 — 5 5 #4,023
1940 — 5 5 #3,786
1936 — 5 5 #3,896
1929 — 5 5 #4,347
1922 — 5 5 #4,669
1920 — 7 7 #3,757
1917 — 6 6 #3,886
1916 — 5 5 #4,445