Neale — boys' name

What the Data Says About Neale

The Social Security Administration has registered 915 babies named Neale between 1916 and 2012, spanning 97 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Neale currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1937, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Neale performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 190 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Neale shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Neale in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Neale in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 915 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.