Neal
#478 most common boys' name of all time · #1,033 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#478
Rank overall
#1,033 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
55,305
Since 2016
1,082
Peak year
1959 #223
Best rank
#198 1952
Girls
Boys
peak 1,222/yr
Neal is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 82 | 82 | #1,907 |
| 2024 | — | 77 | 77 | #1,997 |
| 2023 | — | 95 | 95 | #1,735 |
| 2022 | — | 110 | 110 | #1,597 |
| 2021 | — | 110 | 110 | #1,577 |
| 2020 | — | 104 | 104 | #1,568 |
| 2019 | — | 118 | 118 | #1,468 |
| 2018 | — | 102 | 102 | #1,606 |
| 2017 | — | 132 | 132 | #1,348 |
| 2016 | — | 152 | 152 | #1,229 |
| 2015 | — | 152 | 152 | #1,210 |
| 2014 | — | 120 | 120 | #1,406 |
| 2013 | — | 99 | 99 | #1,568 |
| 2012 | — | 105 | 105 | #1,523 |
| 2011 | — | 97 | 97 | #1,588 |
| 2010 | — | 114 | 114 | #1,447 |
| 2009 | — | 113 | 113 | #1,472 |
| 2008 | — | 112 | 112 | #1,468 |
| 2007 | — | 116 | 116 | #1,406 |
| 2006 | — | 139 | 139 | #1,202 |
| 2005 | — | 131 | 131 | #1,209 |
| 2004 | — | 112 | 112 | #1,316 |
| 2003 | — | 129 | 129 | #1,159 |
| 2002 | — | 169 | 169 | #948 |
| 2001 | — | 172 | 172 | #908 |
| 2000 | — | 178 | 178 | #885 |
| 1999 | — | 186 | 186 | #819 |
| 1998 | — | 210 | 210 | #759 |
| 1997 | — | 246 | 246 | #665 |
| 1996 | — | 262 | 262 | #640 |
| 1995 | — | 258 | 258 | #650 |
| 1994 | — | 294 | 294 | #611 |
| 1993 | — | 384 | 384 | #520 |
| 1992 | — | 396 | 396 | #508 |
| 1991 | — | 444 | 444 | #470 |
| 1990 | — | 463 | 463 | #460 |
| 1989 | — | 522 | 522 | #409 |
| 1988 | — | 460 | 460 | #422 |
| 1987 | — | 456 | 456 | #408 |
| 1986 | 5 | 543 | 548 | #348 |
| 1985 | — | 562 | 562 | #339 |
| 1984 | — | 566 | 566 | #332 |
| 1983 | 5 | 573 | 578 | #329 |
| 1982 | — | 556 | 556 | #338 |
| 1981 | — | 596 | 596 | #320 |
| 1980 | — | 592 | 592 | #323 |
| 1979 | 6 | 637 | 643 | #306 |
| 1978 | — | 583 | 583 | #307 |
| 1977 | — | 622 | 622 | #309 |
| 1976 | 5 | 550 | 555 | #323 |
| 1975 | — | 648 | 648 | #293 |
| 1974 | 7 | 582 | 589 | #313 |
| 1973 | — | 537 | 537 | #323 |
| 1972 | — | 534 | 534 | #333 |
| 1971 | — | 600 | 600 | #315 |
| 1970 | — | 718 | 718 | #289 |
| 1969 | — | 703 | 703 | #281 |
| 1968 | — | 651 | 651 | #291 |
| 1967 | 6 | 741 | 747 | #268 |
| 1966 | — | 815 | 815 | #254 |
| 1965 | 7 | 884 | 891 | #250 |
| 1964 | — | 1,128 | 1,128 | #223 |
| 1963 | 5 | 1,094 | 1,099 | #227 |
| 1962 | — | 1,031 | 1,031 | #241 |
| 1961 | — | 1,122 | 1,122 | #237 |
| 1960 | — | 1,192 | 1,192 | #233 |
| 1959 | — | 1,222 | 1,222 | #223 |
| 1958 | — | 1,157 | 1,157 | #227 |
| 1957 | — | 1,192 | 1,192 | #218 |
| 1956 | — | 1,102 | 1,102 | #220 |
| 1955 | 9 | 1,060 | 1,069 | #220 |
| 1954 | — | 1,088 | 1,088 | #212 |
| 1953 | — | 967 | 967 | #216 |
| 1952 | — | 1,143 | 1,143 | #198 |
| 1951 | 7 | 956 | 963 | #208 |
| 1950 | 5 | 848 | 853 | #217 |
| 1949 | — | 740 | 740 | #239 |
| 1948 | 5 | 713 | 718 | #242 |
| 1947 | 5 | 730 | 735 | #243 |
| 1946 | — | 676 | 676 | #232 |
| 1945 | 7 | 578 | 585 | #234 |
| 1944 | — | 568 | 568 | #236 |
| 1943 | — | 535 | 535 | #263 |
| 1942 | — | 569 | 569 | #237 |
| 1941 | — | 543 | 543 | #233 |
| 1940 | — | 506 | 506 | #239 |
| 1939 | — | 444 | 444 | #256 |
| 1938 | — | 446 | 446 | #258 |
| 1937 | 5 | 430 | 435 | #261 |
| 1936 | 7 | 419 | 426 | #265 |
| 1935 | 5 | 415 | 420 | #265 |
| 1934 | — | 440 | 440 | #257 |
| 1933 | 5 | 362 | 367 | #277 |
| 1932 | 8 | 374 | 382 | #283 |
| 1931 | 6 | 372 | 378 | #286 |
| 1930 | — | 381 | 381 | #292 |
| 1929 | 9 | 342 | 351 | #301 |
| 1928 | 7 | 377 | 384 | #291 |
| 1927 | 7 | 384 | 391 | #291 |
| 1926 | 6 | 417 | 423 | #279 |
| 1925 | 11 | 420 | 431 | #282 |
| 1924 | 6 | 405 | 411 | #284 |
| 1923 | — | 410 | 410 | #279 |
| 1922 | 5 | 388 | 393 | #282 |
| 1921 | 9 | 344 | 353 | #314 |
| 1920 | 6 | 371 | 377 | #293 |
| 1919 | 5 | 294 | 299 | #328 |
| 1918 | 6 | 287 | 293 | #337 |
| 1917 | 10 | 277 | 287 | #327 |
| 1916 | 7 | 283 | 290 | #308 |
| 1915 | 5 | 228 | 233 | #355 |
| 1914 | 5 | 176 | 181 | #352 |
| 1913 | — | 143 | 143 | #346 |
| 1912 | 12 | 127 | 139 | #336 |
| 1911 | — | 63 | 63 | #346 |
| 1910 | 5 | 65 | 70 | #304 |
| 1909 | — | 48 | 48 | #335 |
| 1908 | 6 | 46 | 52 | #331 |
| 1907 | — | 48 | 48 | #308 |
| 1906 | 5 | 43 | 48 | #316 |
| 1905 | — | 45 | 45 | #302 |
| 1904 | — | 44 | 44 | #290 |
| 1903 | — | 49 | 49 | #265 |
| 1902 | — | 46 | 46 | #277 |
| 1901 | 5 | 29 | 34 | #335 |
| 1900 | — | 58 | 58 | #270 |
| 1899 | — | 33 | 33 | #306 |
| 1898 | — | 40 | 40 | #291 |
| 1897 | — | 43 | 43 | #276 |
| 1896 | — | 35 | 35 | #316 |
| 1895 | — | 38 | 38 | #290 |
| 1894 | — | 41 | 41 | #276 |
| 1893 | — | 33 | 33 | #302 |
| 1892 | — | 35 | 35 | #312 |
| 1891 | — | 35 | 35 | #274 |
| 1890 | — | 40 | 40 | #273 |
| 1889 | — | 38 | 38 | #272 |
| 1888 | — | 37 | 37 | #290 |
| 1887 | — | 37 | 37 | #269 |
| 1886 | — | 40 | 40 | #268 |
| 1885 | — | 33 | 33 | #291 |
| 1884 | — | 36 | 36 | #289 |
| 1883 | — | 29 | 29 | #306 |
| 1882 | — | 35 | 35 | #288 |
| 1881 | — | 33 | 33 | #274 |
| 1880 | — | 43 | 43 | #257 |