Oneil
Oneil is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 8 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 80.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 192438 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1892
- 1,749people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,749 boys have been named Oneil in the United States since 1892, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1924, with 38 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 1920s alone account for 15%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Oneil | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 115 | |
| 1920s | 264 | |
| 1930s | 185 | |
| 1940s | 171 | |
| 1950s | 142 | |
| 1960s | 85 | |
| 1970s | 83 | |
| 1980s | 149 | |
| 1990s | 198 | |
| 2000s | 189 | |
| 2010s | 125 | |
| 2020s | 38 |
In 1924, its biggest year
Oneil was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1924 were Robert, John, William, James and Charles. See all of 1924.
Names that rose and fell with Oneil
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Elsonpeak 1924
- Donatopeak 1926
- Armondpeak 1924
- Venturapeak 1938
- Laurentpeak 1927
- Constantinopeak 1922
- Placidopeak 1923
- Margaritopeak 1928
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.