Recorded 1992–2010 Boys' name Peak 2010 18 births

Nealon — boys' name

18 babies named Nealon in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s112010s7
1990s
Peak decade

61% of everyone ever named Nealon was born in this single decade.

2010
Single peak year

7 babies were named Nealon in 2010 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Nealon

The Social Security Administration has registered 18 babies named Nealon between 1992 and 2010, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nealon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Nealon performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Nealon shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Nealon 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 18 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.

Nealon at a glance

Last recorded 2010

Total births

18

Since 1992

19 years of records

Peak year

2010

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2010

Active since

1992

Recorded for 19 years

Last year on file: 2010

Nealon popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–1992

Last recorded 2010
Peak year (2010)
7
Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 201019981992 5

Nealon by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
11 births that decade — 61% of Nealon's all-time total
1990s112010s7

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Nealon?
18 babies have been named Nealon since 1992. It was last recorded in 2010. The peak year was 2010 with 7 births.
When was Nealon most popular?
Nealon was most popular in the 1990s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 2010.
How long has the name Nealon been used?
Nealon has been recorded in Social Security data since 1992, spanning 19 years of data through 2010.
What names are similar to Nealon?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Neal, Neale, Neamiah, Nealy, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1992–2010 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.