Neal vs Nealy

Side-by-side comparison of Neal and Nealy - popularity rank, total births, peak decade, and historical trends from Social Security Administration data.

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Neal

Boy name · Rank #1997

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Nealy

Girl name

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Metric Neal Nealy
Current Rank #1997 Unranked
Total Births (all years) 55,048 296
Peak Year 1959 1976
Peak Year Births 1,222 18
Peak Decade 1950s 1970s
Gender Boy Girl
First Recorded Year 1880 1884

Births by Decade

Decade Neal Nealy
1880s 361 12
1890s 373 6
1900s 456 18
1910s 1,943 34
1920s 3,858 27
1930s 4,083 6
1940s 6,158 -
1950s 10,735 6
1960s 9,361 -
1970s 6,011 66
1980s 5,426 31
1990s 3,143 18
2000s 1,371 40
2010s 1,191 32
2020s 578 -

Recent Annual Births (2014–present)

Year Neal Nealy
2014 120 -
2015 152 9
2016 152 -
2017 132 -
2018 102 7
2019 118 5
2020 104 -
2021 110 -
2022 110 -
2023 95 -
2024 77 -
2025 82 -

Data Sources

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, ssa.gov/oact/babynames.
Source: SSA Annual Name Rankings, 1880–2025.

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