NameTides

Neil

Neil was the #850 boys' name in the US in 2025 (288 babies), and #914 in England & Wales and #404 in Canada.

Neil as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Neil as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020CanadaIrelandUSEngland & Wales
Neil as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#850 (288)#914 (34)——#372 (10)#404 (80)—
2024#862 (280)#968 (32)——#302 (13)#424 (76)—
2023#806 (305)#929 (33)#728 (3)—#436 (8)#444 (65)—
2022#765 (330)#1,084 (26)—#352 (4)#329 (13)#425 (68)—
2021#719 (360)#1,078 (26)#353 (10)—#414 (8)#399 (76)—
2020#748 (324)#1,431 (17)#426 (7)#392 (3)#496 (6)#435 (66)—
2019#637 (422)#974 (29)#701 (3)—#466 (7)#406 (74)—
2018#624 (427)#1,610 (15)#704 (3)—#435 (8)#405 (73)—
2017#618 (422)#833 (38)#406 (8)#363 (4)#317 (13)#378 (81)—
2016#629 (425)#681 (51)#355 (10)—#491 (6)#384 (80)—
2015#641 (414)#977 (30)#686 (3)—#397 (9)#479 (59)—
2014#656 (397)#754 (42)#378 (9)#398 (3)#302 (15)#443 (67)—
2013#623 (394)#910 (32)#335 (11)—#317 (13)#482 (58)—
2012#620 (391)#734 (45)#252 (17)#273 (6)#290 (16)#392 (75)—
2011#655 (358)#546 (64)#275 (14)#245 (7)#308 (14)#475 (57)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1933 at #149.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,900 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 5,900uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 8,000uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Neil is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,500 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 6,000 to 1 in 7,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Neil by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #570WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #474WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #718MNIllinois: #805ILMichigan: #601MINew York: #798NYMassachusetts: #555MAOregon: #529ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #750OHPennsylvania: #846PANew Jersey: #452NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #719CAUtah: #473UTColorado: #756CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #497VAMaryland: 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: #1,040TNNorth Carolina: #718NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #765ALGeorgia: #1,350GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #876TXFlorida: #1,478FL
Neil (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#33040
Quebec2025#4639

Neil (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
NeilCanadaGirls—too few
NeilCanadaBoys#40480
NeilEngland & WalesBoys#91434
NeilIrelandBoys#37210
NeilNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
NeilNSWBoys—too few
NeilScotlandBoys—too few
NeilUSGirls—too few
NeilUSBoys#850288