Oneal
Oneal was given to 6 boys in 2025, #11,638 among boys’ names; 3,179 Americans have been recorded with it since 1889 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,330 Americans named Oneal and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (42% of everyone recorded); the median is 57 years old and half are between 33 and 73.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Oneal by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Oneal?
#11,638 among boys’ names, 2025
Oneal fell from #8,530 in 2015 to #11,638 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 4.7 to 3.5 per million.
72 babies in 1932, the peak
Oneal peaked in 1932, when 72 babies were given it (63 boys, #809 among boys’ names). The 6 births of 2025 are 8% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #11,638 | 3.5 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,716 | 7.5 |
| 2023 | 5 | #13,614 | 2.9 |
| 2022 | 8 | #9,600 | 4.6 |
| 2021 | 5 | #13,550 | 2.9 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,919 | 7.0 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,687 | 5.0 |
| 2017 | 6 | #11,814 | 3.2 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,627 | 4.7 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,530 | 4.7 |
Every recorded year (124)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 11 | #7,405 | 5.7 |
| 2013 | 8 | #9,419 | 4.2 |
| 2012 | 6 | #11,864 | 3.2 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,888 | 6.3 |
| 2009 | 7 | #10,664 | 3.5 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,419 | 8.3 |
| 2007 | 8 | #9,514 | 3.9 |
| 2006 | 7 | #10,353 | 3.4 |
| 2005 | 9 | #8,114 | 4.5 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,710 | 7.1 |
| 2003 | 12 | #6,148 | 6.1 |
| 2002 | 15 | #5,070 | 7.7 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,917 | 6.2 |
| 2000 | 22 | #3,716 | 11.2 |
| 1999 | 7 | #8,466 | 3.6 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,352 | 8.4 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,549 | 5.8 |
| 1996 | 20 | #3,510 | 10.6 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,209 | 7.9 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,722 | 6.7 |
| 1993 | 19 | #3,459 | 9.7 |
| 1992 | 18 | #3,562 | 9.0 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,393 | 4.9 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,338 | 6.3 |
| 1989 | 10 | #5,069 | 5.0 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,835 | 6.8 |
| 1987 | 20 | #2,686 | 10.7 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,385 | 7.6 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,585 | 4.9 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,863 | 6.1 |
| 1983 | 14 | #3,188 | 7.8 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,436 | 7.2 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,173 | 7.8 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,779 | 6.2 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,505 | 7.0 |
| 1978 | 19 | #2,449 | 11.6 |
| 1977 | 17 | #2,627 | 10.3 |
| 1976 | 28 | #1,813 | 17.8 |
| 1975 | 24 | #1,983 | 15.4 |
| 1974 | 21 | #2,095 | 13.4 |
| 1973 | 12 | #2,974 | 7.7 |
| 1972 | 17 | #2,305 | 10.5 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,292 | 5.7 |
| 1970 | 15 | #2,472 | 8.1 |
| 1969 | 17 | #2,103 | 9.5 |
| 1968 | 26 | #1,561 | 15.0 |
| 1967 | 23 | #1,636 | 13.2 |
| 1966 | 22 | #1,676 | 12.3 |
| 1965 | 18 | #1,897 | 9.7 |
| 1964 | 18 | #1,956 | 9.0 |
| 1963 | 27 | #1,534 | 13.3 |
| 1962 | 21 | #1,792 | 10.2 |
| 1961 | 20 | #1,861 | 9.4 |
| 1960 | 32 | #1,421 | 15.0 |
| 1959 | 39 | #1,258 | 18.3 |
| 1958 | 39 | #1,246 | 18.4 |
| 1957 | 38 | #1,275 | 17.6 |
| 1956 | 30 | #1,433 | 14.2 |
| 1955 | 36 | #1,265 | 17.5 |
| 1954 | 35 | #1,287 | 17.2 |
| 1953 | 34 | #1,298 | 17.2 |
| 1952 | 26 | #1,508 | 13.4 |
| 1951 | 39 | #1,165 | 20.7 |
| 1950 | 49 | #1,000 | 27.4 |
| 1949 | 43 | #1,080 | 24.2 |
| 1948 | 37 | #1,188 | 21.1 |
| 1947 | 37 | #1,204 | 20.2 |
| 1946 | 38 | #1,141 | 23.4 |
| 1945 | 43 | #984 | 31.9 |
| 1944 | 58 | #827 | 42.6 |
| 1943 | 41 | #1,069 | 28.7 |
| 1942 | 42 | #1,048 | 30.4 |
| 1941 | 42 | #998 | 34.2 |
| 1940 | 49 | #915 | 42.3 |
| 1939 | 38 | #1,048 | 34.3 |
| 1938 | 39 | #1,039 | 35.2 |
| 1937 | 56 | #821 | 52.5 |
| 1936 | 37 | #1,065 | 35.7 |
| 1935 | 63 | #784 | 60.5 |
| 1934 | 52 | #876 | 50.4 |
| 1933 | 50 | #883 | 50.4 |
| 1932 | 63 | #809 | 60.3 |
| 1931 | 57 | #839 | 54.8 |
| 1930 | 54 | #913 | 49.2 |
| 1929 | 56 | #897 | 52.1 |
| 1928 | 44 | #1,053 | 39.7 |
| 1927 | 56 | #921 | 49.7 |
| 1926 | 53 | #941 | 47.7 |
| 1925 | 50 | #970 | 44.8 |
| 1924 | 45 | #1,065 | 39.7 |
| 1923 | 52 | #960 | 47.4 |
| 1922 | 53 | #969 | 48.7 |
| 1921 | 44 | #1,067 | 39.9 |
| 1920 | 46 | #1,029 | 43.2 |
| 1919 | 39 | #1,115 | 39.8 |
| 1918 | 49 | #961 | 48.3 |
| 1917 | 35 | #1,148 | 37.8 |
| 1916 | 36 | #1,091 | 40.4 |
| 1915 | 23 | #1,443 | 27.1 |
| 1914 | 30 | #1,043 | 45.8 |
| 1913 | 14 | #1,485 | 27.3 |
| 1912 | 17 | #1,165 | 39.5 |
| 1911 | 12 | #1,027 | 53.1 |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,026 | 56.6 |
| 1909 | 10 | #1,006 | 61.0 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,328 | 38.9 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,296 | 40.9 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,208 | 45.1 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,169 | 46.8 |
| 1903 | 8 | #893 | 67.1 |
| 1902 | 8 | #908 | 65.2 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,025 | 53.2 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,143 | 44.5 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,073 | 45.2 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Oneal a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 3,179 Americans recorded as Oneal, 4% are girls and 96% boys. In 2025 it went to 6 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Oneal: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Oneal, and how old are they?
1,330 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 42% of the 3,179 Americans ever recorded as Oneal. The median Oneal alive today is 57 years old; half are between 33 and 73.
The 2020 Census counted 1,296 people named Oneal (86 women and girls, 1,210 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,514 born in the U.S. The Census count is 14% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 170 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 412 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 257 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 215 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 172 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 100 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Oneal born?
The states with the most babies named Oneal are Alabama, South Carolina and Louisiana, with 72% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Alabama and South Carolina and Louisiana are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 373 | not ranked | 5.0× |
| South Carolina | 243 | not ranked | 4.3× |
| Louisiana | 236 | not ranked | 3.8× |
| Texas | 117 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Mississippi | 80 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Georgia | 48 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Florida | 25 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Tennessee | 17 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Arkansas | 15 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| North Carolina | 15 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Oneal is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Oneal is most over-represented in Alabama: since 1910 it was given 5.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Oneal with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 5,294 babies since 1880, Oneal is the most given (60% of them). In 2025 it was given to 6 of their 21 babies (29%), the third most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Oneal
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Oneal and names like it
- Compare Oneal and OneilBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1930sOneal peaked in 1932.
- Alabama’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Oneal since 1910.
- The top names of 1932The year the most babies were named Oneal.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Oneal alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with OMost given first.