Neill — boys' name

What the Data Says About Neill

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,834 babies named Neill between 1912 and 2021, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Neill currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1950, when 36 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Neill performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 282 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Neill shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 60 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Neill in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Neill 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 1,834 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.