Recorded 1918–2017 Boys' name Peak 2010 87 births

Oneill — boys' name

87 babies named Oneill in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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1980s
Peak decade

30% of everyone ever named Oneill was born in this single decade.

2010
Single peak year

8 babies were named Oneill in 2010 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Oneill

The Social Security Administration has registered 87 babies named Oneill between 1918 and 2017, spanning 100 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Oneill currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Oneill performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 26 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Oneill shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Oneill 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 87 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.

Oneill at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

87

Since 1918

100 years of records

Peak year

2010

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

1918

Recorded for 100 years

Last year on file: 2017

Oneill popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1918

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2010)
8
Annual births at peak — across 100 years of records
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Oneill by decade

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

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
26 births that decade — 30% of Oneill's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Oneill?
87 babies have been named Oneill since 1918. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2010 with 8 births.
When was Oneill most popular?
Oneill was most popular in the 1980s decade with 26 total births. The single peak year was 2010.
How long has the name Oneill been used?
Oneill has been recorded in Social Security data since 1918, spanning 100 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Oneill?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Oneal, Oneil, Onesimo, Oney, 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, 1918–2017 (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.