NameTides

Neel

Neel was the #1,571 boys' name in the US in 2025 (108 babies), and #1,466 in England & Wales and #1,251 in Canada.

Neel as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Neel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Neel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#1,571 (108)#1,466 (18)—#1,251 (19)
2024#1,856 (87)#1,322 (20)—#1,126 (21)
2023#2,147 (67)#1,610 (15)—#1,043 (22)
2022#1,665 (103)#1,609 (15)—#1,061 (21)
2021#1,721 (94)#1,688 (14)#755 (3)#1,277 (16)
2020#1,798 (83)#1,492 (16)—#1,520 (12)
2019#1,849 (81)#1,869 (12)—#1,448 (13)
2018#1,777 (86)#1,284 (20)—#1,572 (11)
2017#1,467 (115)#1,068 (27)—#1,113 (19)
2016#1,628 (98)#2,175 (10)—#1,487 (12)
2015#1,657 (95)#1,327 (19)—#1,681 (10)
2014#1,691 (90)#1,144 (23)—#1,936 (8)
2013#1,782 (81)#1,086 (24)—#1,654 (10)
2012#1,818 (81)#1,367 (18)—#1,655 (10)
2011#1,587 (97)#1,087 (24)—#1,326 (14)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2009 at #1,214.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1918.

How common is it?

about 1 in 16,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 15,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 8,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Neel is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 18,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 12,000 to 1 in 28,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Neel by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #1,113MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: #789MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: #607NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #906CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #971VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,347TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Neel (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#90712

Neel (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
NeelCanadaBoys#1,25119
NeelEngland & WalesGirls#4,2015
NeelEngland & WalesBoys#1,46618
NeelIrelandBoys—too few
NeelNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
NeelUSBoys#1,571108