Neel
Neel is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 87 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 870.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2009148 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1918
- 3,284people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,284 boys have been named Neel in the United States since 1918, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2009, with 148 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2008, and the 2010s alone account for 29%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Neel | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 13 | |
| 1920s | 16 | |
| 1930s | 5 | |
| 1940s | 5 | |
| 1950s | 14 | |
| 1960s | 22 | |
| 1970s | 119 | |
| 1980s | 289 | |
| 1990s | 456 | |
| 2000s | 947 | |
| 2010s | 964 | |
| 2020s | 434 |
In 2009, its biggest year
Neel was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2009 were Jacob, Ethan, Michael, Alexander and William. See all of 2009.
Names that rose and fell with Neel
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Nahumpeak 2007
- Alonsopeak 2010
- Kamranpeak 2007
- Kekoapeak 2017
- Lukepeak 2014
- Immanuelpeak 2015
- Emmanuelpeak 2008
- Ameenpeak 2024
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.