Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Neal

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Neal
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 93.7% from peak

Peak era

1959

Peak rank proxy

1,223

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19592024

Peak year

1959

Decline from peak

93.7%

2024

All-time

54,960

Neal once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1959, when 1,223 boys were named Neal.

In 2024, only 77 boys were given the name.

Down 93.7% from its peak.

All told, about 54,960 Americans have been named Neal and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 93.7% from peak

19591,223 boys named Neal

202477 boys named Neal

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