Neel
#2,263 most common boys' name of all time · #5,441 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1918–2025
Rank among boys
#2,263
Rank overall
#5,441 of 105,966
First appeared
1918
Years on the list
66 of 146
All-time
3,392
Since 2016
922
Peak year
2009 #1,215
Best rank
#1,215 2009
Girls
Boys
peak 148/yr
Neel first appears in 1918. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 108 | 108 | #1,576 |
| 2024 | — | 87 | 87 | #1,858 |
| 2023 | — | 67 | 67 | #2,158 |
| 2022 | — | 103 | 103 | #1,668 |
| 2021 | — | 94 | 94 | #1,727 |
| 2020 | — | 83 | 83 | #1,806 |
| 2019 | — | 81 | 81 | #1,857 |
| 2018 | — | 86 | 86 | #1,784 |
| 2017 | — | 115 | 115 | #1,469 |
| 2016 | — | 98 | 98 | #1,634 |
| 2015 | — | 95 | 95 | #1,662 |
| 2014 | — | 90 | 90 | #1,692 |
| 2013 | — | 81 | 81 | #1,784 |
| 2012 | — | 81 | 81 | #1,823 |
| 2011 | — | 97 | 97 | #1,593 |
| 2010 | — | 140 | 140 | #1,254 |
| 2009 | — | 148 | 148 | #1,215 |
| 2008 | — | 108 | 108 | #1,509 |
| 2007 | — | 122 | 122 | #1,366 |
| 2006 | — | 93 | 93 | #1,580 |
| 2005 | — | 82 | 82 | #1,650 |
| 2004 | — | 86 | 86 | #1,549 |
| 2003 | — | 82 | 82 | #1,552 |
| 2002 | — | 71 | 71 | #1,666 |
| 2001 | — | 76 | 76 | #1,578 |
| 2000 | — | 79 | 79 | #1,525 |
| 1999 | — | 63 | 63 | #1,678 |
| 1998 | — | 74 | 74 | #1,492 |
| 1997 | — | 54 | 54 | #1,780 |
| 1996 | — | 53 | 53 | #1,745 |
| 1995 | — | 34 | 34 | #2,316 |
| 1994 | — | 38 | 38 | #2,143 |
| 1993 | — | 31 | 31 | #2,415 |
| 1992 | — | 38 | 38 | #2,058 |
| 1991 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,879 |
| 1990 | — | 29 | 29 | #2,401 |
| 1989 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,870 |
| 1988 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,922 |
| 1987 | — | 29 | 29 | #2,079 |
| 1986 | — | 20 | 20 | #2,630 |
| 1985 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,892 |
| 1984 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,674 |
| 1983 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,764 |
| 1982 | — | 27 | 27 | #2,024 |
| 1981 | — | 20 | 20 | #2,446 |
| 1980 | — | 21 | 21 | #2,402 |
| 1979 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,945 |
| 1978 | — | 24 | 24 | #2,035 |
| 1977 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,978 |
| 1976 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,003 |
| 1975 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,690 |
| 1974 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,503 |
| 1973 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,703 |
| 1970 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,004 |
| 1969 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,192 |
| 1967 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,231 |
| 1963 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,215 |
| 1956 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,915 |
| 1952 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,044 |
| 1948 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,028 |
| 1930 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,374 |
| 1927 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,609 |
| 1924 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,754 |
| 1920 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,179 |
| 1919 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,602 |
| 1918 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,360 |