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.

Neil

#306 most common boys' name of all time · #673 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#306
Rank overall
#673 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
105,254
Since 2016
3,583
Peak year
1954 #147
Best rank
#146 1953
Girls Boys peak 1,964/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Neil 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 288 288 #850
2024 — 280 280 #863
2023 — 305 305 #806
2022 — 330 330 #766
2021 — 360 360 #719
2020 — 324 324 #749
2019 — 422 422 #637
2018 — 427 427 #624
2017 — 422 422 #618
2016 — 425 425 #629
2015 — 414 414 #641
2014 — 397 397 #656
2013 — 394 394 #623
2012 — 391 391 #620
2011 — 358 358 #655
2010 — 342 342 #686
2009 — 396 396 #630
2008 — 327 327 #712
2007 — 305 305 #741
2006 — 398 398 #605
2005 — 380 380 #595
2004 — 338 338 #626
2003 — 384 384 #575
2002 — 381 381 #574
2001 — 443 443 #513
2000 — 462 462 #495
1999 — 490 490 #464
1998 — 489 489 #460
1997 — 526 526 #430
1996 — 579 579 #404
1995 — 678 678 #357
1994 — 704 704 #348
1993 — 784 784 #326
1992 — 791 791 #322
1991 — 918 918 #283
1990 5 1,028 1,033 #261
1989 9 1,027 1,036 #251
1988 7 999 1,006 #240
1987 6 1,078 1,084 #222
1986 7 1,152 1,159 #211
1985 11 1,206 1,217 #202
1984 6 1,125 1,131 #205
1983 12 1,226 1,238 #195
1982 10 1,342 1,352 #188
1981 13 1,330 1,343 #188
1980 12 1,348 1,360 #181
1979 5 1,486 1,491 #165
1978 10 1,527 1,537 #159
1977 5 1,429 1,434 #169
1976 8 1,354 1,362 #173
1975 11 1,331 1,342 #174
1974 6 1,323 1,329 #175
1973 6 1,297 1,303 #182
1972 6 1,304 1,310 #185
1971 7 1,422 1,429 #182
1970 14 1,567 1,581 #178
1969 11 1,680 1,691 #164
1968 5 1,049 1,054 #218
1967 — 1,155 1,155 #200
1966 — 1,227 1,227 #198
1965 — 1,321 1,321 #192
1964 6 1,527 1,533 #182
1963 — 1,448 1,448 #204
1962 — 1,291 1,291 #214
1961 — 1,524 1,524 #196
1960 — 1,446 1,446 #199
1959 5 1,632 1,637 #185
1958 7 1,711 1,718 #174
1957 8 1,676 1,684 #181
1956 5 1,747 1,752 #171
1955 5 1,785 1,790 #159
1954 5 1,959 1,964 #147
1953 9 1,937 1,946 #146
1952 7 1,904 1,911 #147
1951 7 1,755 1,762 #149
1950 — 1,609 1,609 #156
1949 — 1,471 1,471 #161
1948 7 1,406 1,413 #165
1947 — 1,460 1,460 #162
1946 — 1,343 1,343 #161
1945 5 1,210 1,215 #157
1944 — 1,140 1,140 #161
1943 — 1,155 1,155 #162
1942 5 1,101 1,106 #160
1941 — 1,074 1,074 #161
1940 — 1,067 1,067 #156
1939 8 1,068 1,076 #152
1938 — 1,066 1,066 #152
1937 6 969 975 #158
1936 — 913 913 #158
1935 — 858 858 #167
1934 7 953 960 #153
1933 8 997 1,005 #149
1932 6 934 940 #162
1931 6 881 887 #165
1930 7 827 834 #175
1929 7 696 703 #196
1928 6 696 702 #198
1927 — 609 609 #221
1926 7 600 607 #225
1925 5 563 568 #234
1924 6 541 547 #248
1923 — 508 508 #248
1922 6 489 495 #255
1921 6 497 503 #252
1920 8 489 497 #247
1919 — 366 366 #275
1918 8 359 367 #285
1917 — 356 356 #270
1916 5 375 380 #256
1915 — 289 289 #297
1914 — 232 232 #295
1913 — 184 184 #294
1912 — 151 151 #291
1911 — 58 58 #364
1910 — 54 54 #341
1909 — 43 43 #359
1908 — 55 55 #295
1907 — 42 42 #328
1906 — 37 37 #343
1905 — 42 42 #312
1904 — 41 41 #307
1903 — 28 28 #362
1902 — 28 28 #375
1901 — 32 32 #314
1900 — 50 50 #294
1899 — 26 26 #359
1898 — 35 35 #325
1897 — 26 26 #369
1896 — 47 47 #262
1895 — 31 31 #334
1894 — 30 30 #328
1893 — 28 28 #331
1892 — 36 36 #310
1891 — 25 25 #344
1890 — 29 29 #325
1889 — 28 28 #336
1888 — 23 23 #388
1887 — 21 21 #359
1886 — 24 24 #354
1885 — 26 26 #340
1884 — 23 23 #371
1883 — 23 23 #351
1882 — 19 19 #417
1881 — 6 6 #788
1880 — 24 24 #354