Oneal — #6465 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Oneal

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,043 babies named Oneal between 1889 and 2024, spanning 136 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Oneal currently holds the #6465 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1932, when 63 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Oneal performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 509 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Oneal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 373 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by South Carolina and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Oneal in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Oneal 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 3,043 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.