Neale

Boy · recorded 1916–2012

  • 2012last recorded
  • 1937best year

Most popular in 1937.

Last recorded in 2012. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1916

0132619161940196419882012

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 76 recorded years as a table
Neale, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19166
191813
19199
192016
192121
192211
192315
192410
192520
192611
192712
192814
192921
193019
193118
193220
193316
193418
193515
193620
193726
19388
193918
194011
194114
194214
19438
194413
194513
19468
194714
194810
194910
19508
19516
19526
19535
19543
19555
19565
19576
19586
19594
19607
19615
19625
19635
19644
19653
19666
19673
19686
19693
19703
19724
19738
19743
19753
19765
19773
19783
19796
19804
19815
19825
19833
19845
19856
19863
19875
19895
19913
19943
19973
19993
20123

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Neale isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2012
5
Rank in 2012
#12,274
How rare
1 in 379,389 boys
Since 1916
915

Neale was last recorded in 2012. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1937, at 26 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Neale doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.