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.
61% of everyone ever named Nealon was born in this single decade.
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 2010Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nealon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–1992
- Peak year (2010)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2010.
18 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 7 births in a single year.
Nealon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 11 births that decade — 61% of Nealon's all-time total
Nealon decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Nealon's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% of all-time use.
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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.