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Neill

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1950 · #1207
Origin
Irish

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • No boys were recorded as Neill in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1950 with 36 babies, ranked #1207.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1912.
  • 1,834 boys have been named Neill since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Neill per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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    Silent
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    Boomers
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    Millennials
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    Gen Z
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    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 231 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 339 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 497 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 364 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 285 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 91 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 27 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Variant spelling of Neil, anglicised form of Goidelic/Irish Niall.

  • A male given name from Irish, variant of Neil.
  • A surname from Irish or transferred from the given name, variant of Neil.
Origin
Irish
Say it
Not recorded

From Wiktionary’s entry for Neill, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoySteady

    Neil

    Rank
    #863
    Born '24
    278
    Origin
    Irish
    1880peak 19542024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Niall

    Rank
    #1,578
    Born '24
    109
    Origin
    Irish
    1880peak 20242024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Neel

    Rank
    #1,851
    Born '24
    87
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20092024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Neal

    Rank
    #1,995
    Born '24
    77
    Origin
    Irish
    1880peak 19592024