Neill

Boy · recorded 1912–2021

  • 2021last recorded
  • 1940best year

Most popular in 1940.

Last recorded in 2021. 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 1912

0142819121939196719942021

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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 100 recorded years as a table
Neill, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191214
191323
191417
191516
191613
191713
191818
191918
192013
192115
192211
192314
192413
192518
192619
192712
192815
192918
193011
193118
193211
193316
193416
193518
193616
193718
193819
193911
194028
194115
194217
194318
194414
194516
194617
194718
194817
194912
195020
195115
195216
195316
195414
195514
19568
195715
195812
195911
19607
19619
196212
19639
196412
19658
196611
196710
196812
196912
197011
197119
19729
197315
197411
197522
197615
197715
197818
197913
198017
198112
19829
198313
19849
198510
198612
19875
198813
198911
199011
19919
199212
19936
19946
19954
19967
19975
19987
19994
20004
20013
20033
20058
20083
20093
20103
20124
20143
20184
20205
20214

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Neill 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 2021
7
Rank in 2021
#9,714
How rare
1 in 249,926 boys
Since 1912
1,834

Neill was last recorded in 2021. 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 1940, at 28 per million boys born.

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

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