Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Neil” in the USA?

Number of people named “Neil” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Neil” by birth year

This chart shows how “Neil” 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 24 0.000119116 24 -100%
1881 6 0.000031138 6 -100%
1882 19 0.000085766 19 -100%
1883 23 0.000106017 23 -100%
1884 23 0.000094471 23 -100%
1885 26 0.000107949 26 -100%
1886 24 0.000094001 24 -100%
1887 21 0.000084886 21 -100%
1888 23 0.000076801 23 -100%
1889 28 0.000096904 28 -100%
1890 29 0.000096217 29 -100%
1891 25 0.000087207 25 -100%
1892 36 0.000107664 36 -100%
1893 28 0.000086095 28 -100%
1894 30 0.000088577 30 -100%
1895 31 0.000088314 31 -100%
1896 47 0.000131474 47 -100%
1897 26 0.000074937 26 -100%
1898 35 0.000091754 35 -100%
1899 26 0.000076643 26 -100%
1900 50 0.000111047 50 -100%
1901 32 0.000092536 32 -100%
1902 28 0.000072401 28 -100%
1903 28 0.000073452 28 -100%
1904 41 0.000101615 41 -100%
1905 42 0.000099075 42 -100%
1906 37 0.000086358 37 -100%
1907 42 0.000090247 42 -100%
1908 55 0.000112555 55 -100%
1909 43 0.000084112 43 -100%
1910 54 0.000091415 54 -100%
1911 58 0.000090023 58 -100%
1912 151 0.000152824 151 -100%
1913 184 0.000161814 184 -100%
1914 232 0.000163802 232 -100%
1915 289 0.000157714 289 -100%
1916 380 0.000196442 5 375 -97%
1917 356 0.000177401 356 -100%
1918 367 0.000169038 8 359 -96%
1919 366 0.00017344 366 -100%
1920 497 0.000219655 8 489 -97%
1921 503 0.000215463 6 497 -98%
1922 495 0.000216237 6 489 -98%
1923 508 0.000220632 508 -100%
1924 547 0.000229677 6 541 -98%
1925 568 0.000243432 5 563 -98%
1926 607 0.000264384 7 600 -98%
1927 609 0.000262573 609 -100%
1928 702 0.000310491 6 696 -98%
1929 703 0.000320688 7 696 -98%
1930 833 0.00037467 7 826 -98%
1931 888 0.000421975 6 882 -99%
1932 940 0.000445225 6 934 -99%
1933 1005 0.000502639 8 997 -98%
1934 960 0.000462246 7 953 -99%
1935 858 0.000410546 858 -100%
1936 913 0.000439454 913 -100%
1937 975 0.000457603 6 969 -99%
1938 1066 0.000481792 1066 -100%
1939 1076 0.000488327 8 1068 -99%
1940 1067 0.000463372 1067 -100%
1941 1075 0.00044122 1075 -100%
1942 1106 0.000404859 5 1101 -99%
1943 1154 0.000408849 1154 -100%
1944 1140 0.000423779 1140 -100%
1945 1215 0.000457988 5 1210 -99%
1946 1343 0.000420304 1343 -100%
1947 1460 0.000405294 1460 -100%
1948 1413 0.000409267 7 1406 -99%
1949 1471 0.000422122 1471 -100%
1950 1609 0.000459274 1609 -100%
1951 1762 0.000478318 7 1755 -99%
1952 1911 0.000503159 7 1904 -99%
1953 1946 0.000504977 9 1937 -99%
1954 1964 0.00049338 5 1959 -99%
1955 1790 0.000445819 5 1785 -99%
1956 1752 0.000424929 5 1747 -99%
1957 1684 0.000400748 8 1676 -99%
1958 1718 0.000415588 7 1711 -99%
1959 1638 0.00039394 5 1633 -99%
1960 1446 0.000348114 1446 -100%
1961 1525 0.000368153 1525 -100%
1962 1291 0.000319921 1291 -100%
1963 1446 0.000365318 1446 -100%
1964 1535 0.000394845 6 1529 -99%
1965 1320 0.000364093 1320 -100%
1966 1227 0.000353027 1227 -100%
1967 1155 0.000340217 1155 -100%
1968 1055 0.000312277 5 1050 -99%
1969 1691 0.000486573 11 1680 -99%
1970 1580 0.000438096 14 1566 -98%
1971 1429 0.000416332 7 1422 -99%
1972 1311 0.000417118 6 1305 -99%
1973 1303 0.000431902 6 1297 -99%
1974 1329 0.000437171 6 1323 -99%
1975 1342 0.00044446 11 1331 -98%
1976 1362 0.000448868 8 1354 -99%
1977 1435 0.000451756 5 1430 -99%
1978 1537 0.000484267 10 1527 -99%
1979 1491 0.000448151 5 1486 -99%
1980 1360 0.000394832 12 1348 -98%
1981 1343 0.00038822 13 1330 -98%
1982 1352 0.000385409 10 1342 -99%
1983 1238 0.000357459 12 1226 -98%
1984 1131 0.000324184 6 1125 -99%
1985 1217 0.000340981 11 1206 -98%
1986 1159 0.000325829 7 1152 -99%
1987 1084 0.000300642 6 1078 -99%
1988 1006 0.000272257 7 999 -99%
1989 1036 0.00026948 9 1027 -98%
1990 1034 0.000261608 5 1029 -99%
1991 918 0.000235671 918 -100%
1992 791 0.000205921 791 -100%
1993 784 0.000207942 784 -100%
1994 704 0.000189367 704 -100%
1995 678 0.000185137 678 -100%
1996 579 0.000158752 579 -100%
1997 526 0.000145073 526 -100%
1998 489 0.000132945 489 -100%
1999 490 0.000132652 490 -100%
2000 462 0.000122225 462 -100%
2001 443 0.000118342 443 -100%
2002 381 0.000101918 381 -100%
2003 384 0.000100991 384 -100%
2004 338 0.00008846 338 -100%
2005 380 0.000098834 380 -100%
2006 398 0.000100602 398 -100%
2007 305 0.000076294 305 -100%
2008 327 0.000083192 327 -100%
2009 396 0.00010366 396 -100%
2010 342 0.000092539 342 -100%
2011 358 0.000097873 358 -100%
2012 391 0.000106908 391 -100%
2013 394 0.000108074 394 -100%
2014 397 0.000107113 397 -100%
2015 414 0.000111864 414 -100%
2016 425 0.000115845 425 -100%
2017 422 0.000118003 422 -100%
2018 425 0.00012088 425 -100%
2019 422 0.000121581 422 -100%
2020 324 0.000096989 324 -100%
2021 360 0.000106259 360 -100%
2022 330 0.000097543 330 -100%
2023 305 0.000092112 305 -100%
2024 278 0.000083521 278 -100%

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