Masculine dossier · first seen 1918

Neel

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2009

Peak rank proxy

148

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1918Peak 20092024

Peak year

2009

Decline from peak

41.2%

2024

All-time

3,284

Neel has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2009, when 148 boys were named Neel.

In 2024, only 87 boys were given the name.

Down 41.2% from its peak.

All told, about 3,284 Americans have been named Neel and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1918.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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