Neel

Given to 3,392 US babies since 1918

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Rank in 2025

#1571

recorded as boys

285 since 2024

Babies in 2025

108

boys 108

Peak year

2009

148 babies recorded as boys

All-time total

3,392

since 1918

Born a Neel? See how many share your birth year.

Any year from 1880 to 2025.

Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025

Recorded as boys

Neel was most popular in 2009, when 148 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.07 per 1,000). In 2025, 108 babies were named Neel, ranking #1571 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.

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Year	Girls	Rank	Boys	Rank
2025	<5	—	108	1571
2024	<5	—	87	1856
2023	<5	—	67	2147
2022	<5	—	103	1665
2021	<5	—	94	1721
2020	<5	—	83	1798
2019	<5	—	81	1849
2018	<5	—	86	1777
2017	<5	—	115	1467
2016	<5	—	98	1628
2015	<5	—	95	1657
2014	<5	—	90	1691
2013	<5	—	81	1782
2012	<5	—	81	1818
2011	<5	—	97	1587
2010	<5	—	140	1250
2009	<5	—	148	1214
2008	<5	—	108	1504
2007	<5	—	122	1365
2006	<5	—	93	1575
2005	<5	—	82	1648
2004	<5	—	86	1542
2003	<5	—	82	1548
2002	<5	—	71	1660
2001	<5	—	76	1572
2000	<5	—	79	1514
1999	<5	—	63	1671
1998	<5	—	74	1488
1997	<5	—	54	1773
1996	<5	—	53	1740
1995	<5	—	34	2299
1994	<5	—	38	2123
1993	<5	—	31	2399
1992	<5	—	38	2046
1991	<5	—	42	1867
1990	<5	—	29	2373
1989	<5	—	40	1858
1988	<5	—	34	1909
1987	<5	—	29	2057
1986	<5	—	20	2601
1985	<5	—	31	1866
1984	<5	—	35	1656
1983	<5	—	32	1748
1982	<5	—	27	1999
1981	<5	—	20	2418
1980	<5	—	21	2367
1979	<5	—	15	2897
1978	<5	—	24	2012
1977	<5	—	25	1948
1976	<5	—	13	2946
1975	<5	—	15	2637
1974	<5	—	16	2459
1973	<5	—	6	4505
1972	<5	—	<5	—
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1970	<5	—	5	4724
1969	<5	—	9	3062
1968	<5	—	<5	—
1967	<5	—	5	3966
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1963	<5	—	8	3044
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1957	<5	—	<5	—
1956	<5	—	9	2798
1955	<5	—	<5	—
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1953	<5	—	<5	—
1952	<5	—	5	3734
1951	<5	—	<5	—
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1949	<5	—	<5	—
1948	<5	—	5	3668
1947	<5	—	<5	—
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1931	<5	—	<5	—
1930	<5	—	5	4001
1929	<5	—	<5	—
1928	<5	—	<5	—
1927	<5	—	5	4210
1926	<5	—	<5	—
1925	<5	—	<5	—
1924	<5	—	5	4347
1923	<5	—	<5	—
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1921	<5	—	<5	—
1920	<5	—	6	3815
1919	<5	—	5	4168
1918	<5	—	8	3096