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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Neal” in the USA?

Number of people named “Neal” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Neal” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Neal” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Neal” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Neal” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Neal” by birth year

This chart shows how “Neal” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 43 0.000213416 43 -100%
1881 33 0.000171261 33 -100%
1882 35 0.00015799 35 -100%
1883 29 0.000133674 29 -100%
1884 36 0.000147868 36 -100%
1885 33 0.000137012 33 -100%
1886 40 0.000156669 40 -100%
1887 37 0.00014956 37 -100%
1888 37 0.00012355 37 -100%
1889 38 0.000131512 38 -100%
1890 40 0.000132714 40 -100%
1891 35 0.00012209 35 -100%
1892 35 0.000104673 35 -100%
1893 33 0.000101469 33 -100%
1894 41 0.000121055 41 -100%
1895 38 0.000108256 38 -100%
1896 35 0.000097906 35 -100%
1897 43 0.000123935 43 -100%
1898 40 0.000104862 40 -100%
1899 33 0.000097278 33 -100%
1900 58 0.000128815 58 -100%
1901 34 0.000098319 5 29 -71%
1902 46 0.000118945 46 -100%
1903 49 0.000128541 49 -100%
1904 44 0.00010905 44 -100%
1905 45 0.000106152 45 -100%
1906 48 0.000112031 5 43 -79%
1907 48 0.000103139 48 -100%
1908 52 0.000106416 6 46 -77%
1909 48 0.000093892 48 -100%
1910 70 0.000118501 5 65 -86%
1911 63 0.000097784 63 -100%
1912 139 0.000140679 12 127 -83%
1913 143 0.000125757 143 -100%
1914 181 0.000127794 5 176 -94%
1915 233 0.000127154 5 228 -96%
1916 290 0.000149916 7 283 -95%
1917 287 0.000143017 10 277 -93%
1918 293 0.000134954 6 287 -96%
1919 299 0.00014169 5 294 -97%
1920 377 0.000166619 6 371 -97%
1921 353 0.00015121 9 344 -95%
1922 393 0.000171679 5 388 -97%
1923 410 0.000178069 410 -100%
1924 411 0.000172572 6 405 -97%
1925 431 0.000184717 11 420 -95%
1926 423 0.000184241 6 417 -97%
1927 391 0.000168581 7 384 -96%
1928 384 0.000169841 7 377 -96%
1929 351 0.000160116 9 342 -95%
1930 381 0.000171368 381 -100%
1931 378 0.000179625 6 372 -97%
1932 382 0.000180932 8 374 -96%
1933 367 0.000183551 5 362 -97%
1934 440 0.000211863 440 -100%
1935 420 0.000200967 5 415 -98%
1936 426 0.000205046 7 419 -97%
1937 435 0.000204161 5 430 -98%
1938 446 0.000201575 446 -100%
1939 444 0.000201503 444 -100%
1940 506 0.000219743 506 -100%
1941 543 0.000222868 543 -100%
1942 569 0.000208286 569 -100%
1943 535 0.000189544 535 -100%
1944 568 0.000211146 568 -100%
1945 585 0.000220513 7 578 -98%
1946 676 0.00021156 676 -100%
1947 735 0.000204035 5 730 -99%
1948 718 0.000207964 5 713 -99%
1949 740 0.000212352 740 -100%
1950 853 0.000243481 5 848 -99%
1951 962 0.000261148 7 955 -99%
1952 1142 0.000300684 1142 -100%
1953 967 0.000250931 967 -100%
1954 1088 0.000273318 1088 -100%
1955 1069 0.000266246 9 1060 -98%
1956 1102 0.000267279 1102 -100%
1957 1192 0.000283665 1192 -100%
1958 1156 0.000279639 1156 -100%
1959 1223 0.000294132 1223 -100%
1960 1192 0.000286965 1192 -100%
1961 1122 0.000270864 1122 -100%
1962 1031 0.000255491 1031 -100%
1963 1099 0.000277651 5 1094 -99%
1964 1128 0.000290153 1128 -100%
1965 890 0.000245487 7 883 -98%
1966 815 0.000234488 815 -100%
1967 747 0.000220036 6 741 -98%
1968 651 0.000192694 651 -100%
1969 703 0.000202283 703 -100%
1970 719 0.000199361 719 -100%
1971 600 0.000174807 600 -100%
1972 534 0.000169902 534 -100%
1973 537 0.000177998 537 -100%
1974 589 0.00019375 7 582 -98%
1975 648 0.000214613 648 -100%
1976 555 0.000182909 5 550 -98%
1977 622 0.000195813 622 -100%
1978 583 0.000183687 583 -100%
1979 642 0.000192967 6 636 -98%
1980 592 0.000171868 592 -100%
1981 596 0.000172285 596 -100%
1982 556 0.000158497 556 -100%
1983 578 0.000166891 5 573 -98%
1984 566 0.000162236 566 -100%
1985 562 0.000157462 562 -100%
1986 548 0.000154059 5 543 -98%
1987 456 0.000126469 456 -100%
1988 460 0.000124491 460 -100%
1989 522 0.00013578 522 -100%
1990 463 0.000117142 463 -100%
1991 444 0.000113985 444 -100%
1992 396 0.000103091 396 -100%
1993 384 0.000101849 384 -100%
1994 294 0.000079082 294 -100%
1995 258 0.00007045 258 -100%
1996 262 0.000071836 262 -100%
1997 246 0.000067848 246 -100%
1998 210 0.000057093 210 -100%
1999 186 0.000050354 186 -100%
2000 178 0.000047091 178 -100%
2001 172 0.000045948 172 -100%
2002 169 0.000045208 169 -100%
2003 129 0.000033927 129 -100%
2004 111 0.000029051 111 -100%
2005 131 0.000034072 131 -100%
2006 138 0.000034882 138 -100%
2007 116 0.000029017 116 -100%
2008 112 0.000028494 112 -100%
2009 113 0.00002958 113 -100%
2010 114 0.000030846 114 -100%
2011 97 0.000026519 97 -100%
2012 105 0.000028709 105 -100%
2013 99 0.000027156 99 -100%
2014 120 0.000032377 120 -100%
2015 152 0.000041071 152 -100%
2016 152 0.000041432 152 -100%
2017 131 0.000036631 131 -100%
2018 102 0.000029011 102 -100%
2019 118 0.000033997 118 -100%
2020 104 0.000031132 104 -100%
2021 110 0.000032468 110 -100%
2022 110 0.000032514 110 -100%
2023 95 0.000028691 95 -100%
2024 77 0.000023134 77 -100%

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