Neal
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Neal
Always the less common spelling of Irish classic Neil, Neal has been on a fifty-year slide, and now doesn't even make the Top 1000. It has a streamlined, surnamey appeal in this spelling.
Neal for girls
An Irish classic for boys that has a streamlined, surnamey, unisex appeal in this spelling.
Pronounced NEEL.
As of October 2026, Neal ranked #1914 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #198 in 1952.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,409 | 120 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #1,213 | 152 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #1,231 | 152 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #1,363 | 131 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #1,614 | 102 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #1,470 | 118 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #1,571 | 104 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #1,582 | 110 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #1,603 | 110 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #1,740 | 95 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #2,002 | 77 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #1,914 | 82 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Neal for boys
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American basketball player
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American guitarist of bands Journey and Bad English
- Neal HeftiBoy
American jazz trumpeter
- Neal MorseBoy
American progressive rock musician
- Neal McCoy (born Hubert Neal McGaugheyBoy
Jr.), American country music singer
- Neal Town StephensonBoy
American novelist
- Neal Elgar MillerBoy
American experimental psychologist
- Neal CarterBoy
son of American rapper Lil Wayne
- Neal PertBoy
Drummer and main songwriter for the Canadian rock band Rush
- Christopher Neal JacksonBoy
American actor, singer, musician, and composer
Neal in pop culture
- Neal CaffreyBoy
main character on "White Collar"
- Neal BurkeBoy
Peter and Elizabeth's son (named after Caffrey) on "White Collar"
- Neal Cassidy aka BaelfireBoy
character on "Once Upon a Time"
- Neal ScottBoy
character from "This Golden Land" by Barbara Wood
- Nealan "Neal" of QueenscoveBoy
character from the Tortall series by Tamora Pierce