How Many People Are Named Neal?
people named Neal are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 9,737 people in the US has this name
Based on 55,305 babies named Neal in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,222 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of NEIL.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Neal in English. Counting Neal and these spellings together, about 105,756 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Neal (99.8%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Neal alive today is about 54 years old, and 45% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 41 and 68 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Neal first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1959, to 1,222 babies. In 2025, 82 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Neal has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #198, in 1952. In 2025 it ranked #1,914.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,914 |
| Best rank | #198 (1952) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #217 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Neal alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Neal were born in New York than in any other state: about 3,095 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Neal was given 2.5 times as often in Hawaii, 1.7 times in Nebraska and 1.6 times in Iowa.
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