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How popular is “Neale” in the USA?

Number of people named “Neale” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Neale” 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 “Neale” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Neale” by birth year

This chart shows how “Neale” 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
1916 5 0.000002585 5 -100%
1918 13 0.000005988 13 -100%
1919 9 0.000004265 9 -100%
1920 17 0.000007513 17 -100%
1921 23 0.000009852 23 -100%
1922 12 0.000005242 12 -100%
1923 16 0.000006949 16 -100%
1924 11 0.000004619 11 -100%
1925 22 0.000009429 22 -100%
1926 12 0.000005227 12 -100%
1927 14 0.000006036 14 -100%
1928 15 0.000006634 15 -100%
1929 23 0.000010492 23 -100%
1930 21 0.000009445 21 -100%
1931 19 0.000009029 19 -100%
1932 21 0.000009947 21 -100%
1933 16 0.000008002 16 -100%
1934 19 0.000009149 19 -100%
1935 16 0.000007656 16 -100%
1936 21 0.000010108 21 -100%
1937 28 0.000013141 28 -100%
1938 9 0.000004068 9 -100%
1939 20 0.000009077 20 -100%
1940 13 0.000005646 13 -100%
1941 17 0.000006977 17 -100%
1942 19 0.000006955 19 -100%
1943 11 0.000003897 11 -100%
1944 18 0.000006691 18 -100%
1945 17 0.000006408 17 -100%
1946 13 0.000004068 13 -100%
1947 25 0.00000694 25 -100%
1948 17 0.000004924 17 -100%
1949 18 0.000005165 18 -100%
1950 14 0.000003996 14 -100%
1951 12 0.000003258 12 -100%
1952 12 0.00000316 12 -100%
1953 9 0.000002335 9 -100%
1954 6 0.000001507 6 -100%
1955 10 0.000002491 10 -100%
1956 10 0.000002425 10 -100%
1957 12 0.000002856 12 -100%
1958 12 0.000002903 12 -100%
1959 9 0.000002165 9 -100%
1960 15 0.000003611 15 -100%
1961 11 0.000002656 11 -100%
1962 11 0.000002726 11 -100%
1963 10 0.000002526 10 -100%
1964 7 0.000001801 7 -100%
1965 11 0.000003034 5 6 -9%
1966 10 0.000002877 10 -100%
1967 6 0.000001767 6 -100%
1968 10 0.00000296 10 -100%
1969 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1970 6 0.000001664 6 -100%
1972 6 0.000001909 6 -100%
1973 12 0.000003978 12 -100%
1974 5 0.000001645 5 -100%
1975 5 0.000001656 5 -100%
1976 8 0.000002637 8 -100%
1977 5 0.000001574 5 -100%
1978 5 0.000001575 5 -100%
1979 10 0.000003006 10 -100%
1980 7 0.000002032 7 -100%
1981 9 0.000002602 9 -100%
1982 9 0.000002566 9 -100%
1983 6 0.000001732 6 -100%
1984 9 0.00000258 9 -100%
1985 12 0.000003362 12 -100%
1986 6 0.000001687 6 -100%
1987 9 0.000002496 9 -100%
1989 11 0.000002861 11 -100%
1991 6 0.00000154 6 -100%
1994 5 0.000001345 5 -100%
1997 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1999 5 0.000001354 5 -100%
2012 5 0.000001367 5 -100%

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