Oneil

Oneil was the #9,714 boys' name in the US in 2025 (7 babies).

Oneil as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Oneil as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020US
Oneil as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. In England & Wales, the line follows the most-used spelling each year: O'Neil to 1996, Oneil 2003, O'Neil from 2006. In Canada, the line follows the most-used spelling each year: O'NEIL to 1995, ONEIL from 2000. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#9,714 (7)——
2024#8,312 (9)——
2023#8,921 (8)——
2022#8,990 (8)——
2021#10,799 (6)——
2020#8,739 (8)——
2019#7,173 (11)——
2018#6,345 (13)——
2017#6,060 (14)——
2016#6,053 (14)——
2015#8,040 (9)——
2014#7,048 (11)——
2013#12,136 (5)——
2012#4,390 (22)——
2011#6,256 (13)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1892 at #1,066.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1892.

How common is it?

about 1 in 250,000 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.

Next year

On its recent trend, Oneil is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 190,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 120,000 to 1 in 310,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
O'NeilCanadaBoys—too few
OneilCanadaBoys—too few
O'NeilEngland & WalesBoys—too few
OneilEngland & WalesBoys—too few
OneilUSGirls—too few
OneilUSBoys#9,7147