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Neale

#5,063 most common boys' name of all time · #12,532 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1916–2012

Rank among boys
#5,063
Rank overall
#12,532 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
76 of 146
All-time
920
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1937 #1,287
Best rank
#1,287 1937
Girls Boys peak 28/yr
19201940196019802000

Neale 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
2012 5 5 #12,429
1999 5 5 #10,108
1997 6 6 #8,293
1994 5 5 #8,975
1991 6 6 #7,431
1989 11 11 #4,592
1987 9 9 #4,685
1986 6 6 #6,103
1985 12 12 #3,663
1984 9 9 #4,308
1983 6 6 #5,691
1982 9 9 #4,340
1981 9 9 #4,255
1980 7 7 #5,086
1979 10 10 #3,884
1978 5 5 #6,000
1977 5 5 #6,094
1976 8 8 #4,132
1975 5 5 #5,693
1974 5 5 #5,427
1973 12 12 #2,927
1972 6 6 #4,624
1970 6 6 #4,416
1969 6 6 #4,128
1968 10 10 #2,831
1967 6 6 #3,757
1966 10 10 #2,712
1965 5 6 11 #3,707
1964 7 7 #3,455
1963 10 10 #2,775
1962 11 11 #2,611
1961 11 11 #2,638
1960 15 15 #2,186
1959 9 9 #2,951
1958 12 12 #2,464
1957 12 12 #2,464
1956 10 10 #2,755
1955 10 10 #2,696
1954 6 6 #3,667
1953 9 9 #2,845
1952 12 12 #2,346
1951 12 12 #2,341
1950 14 14 #2,099
1949 18 18 #1,812
1948 17 17 #1,875
1947 25 25 #1,513
1946 13 13 #2,119
1945 17 17 #1,686
1944 18 18 #1,677
1943 11 11 #2,388
1942 19 19 #1,677
1941 17 17 #1,750
1940 13 13 #2,067
1939 20 20 #1,528
1938 9 9 #2,622
1937 28 28 #1,287
1936 21 21 #1,501
1935 16 16 #1,835
1934 19 19 #1,653
1933 16 16 #1,821
1932 21 21 #1,580
1931 19 19 #1,690
1930 21 21 #1,641
1929 23 23 #1,563
1928 15 15 #2,156
1927 14 14 #2,292
1926 12 12 #2,557
1925 22 22 #1,677
1924 11 11 #2,808
1923 16 16 #2,122
1922 12 12 #2,623
1921 23 23 #1,647
1920 17 17 #2,051
1919 9 9 #3,095
1918 13 13 #2,397
1916 5 5 #4,460