Neal
Neal is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 77 births. Its best rank was 198th, in 1952.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 770.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 19591,223 births
- Best rank
- #198in 1952
- Since 1880
- 54,960people given the name
The story in the numbers
54,960 boys have been named Neal in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1959, with 1,223 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1959, and the 1950s alone account for 20%. It has spent 123 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Neal | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 361 | |
| 1890s | 373 | |
| 1900s | 456 | |
| 1910s | 1,943 | |
| 1920s | 3,858 | |
| 1930s | 4,083 | |
| 1940s | 6,158 | |
| 1950s | 10,733 | |
| 1960s | 9,360 | |
| 1970s | 6,011 | |
| 1980s | 5,426 | |
| 1990s | 3,143 | |
| 2000s | 1,369 | |
| 2010s | 1,190 | |
| 2020s | 496 |
In 1959, its biggest year
Neal was the 222nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1959 were Michael, David, James, John and Robert. See all of 1959.
Names that rose and fell with Neal
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Peterpeak 1957
- Karlpeak 1960
- Allenpeak 1951
- Philippeak 1953
- Stewartpeak 1956
- Bartonpeak 1960
- Thomaspeak 1952
- Curtispeak 1962
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.