Neill
Neill is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 195036 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1912
- 1,834people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,834 boys have been named Neill in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1950, with 36 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 36 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1958, and the 1950s alone account for 15%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Neill | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 103 | |
| 1920s | 164 | |
| 1930s | 163 | |
| 1940s | 253 | |
| 1950s | 282 | |
| 1960s | 193 | |
| 1970s | 243 | |
| 1980s | 205 | |
| 1990s | 142 | |
| 2000s | 46 | |
| 2010s | 25 | |
| 2020s | 15 |
In 1950, its biggest year
Neill was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1950 were James, Robert, John, Michael and David. See all of 1950.
Names that rose and fell with Neill
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Nielpeak 1958
- Lennardpeak 1949
- Kennardpeak 1954
- Alfonzapeak 1957
- Galenpeak 1949
- Candelariopeak 1929
- Theodispeak 1955
- Waymondpeak 1953
Other spellings in the data
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.