Neale is a rare variant of Neil that was most common in the 1930s and has all but disappeared.
Neale is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2012. Neale was first reported in SSA data in 1916 and peaked in 1937 (28 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5 | 5 | — | #13,631 |
| 1999 | 5 | 5 | — | #11,087 |
| 1997 | 6 | — | — | #8,937 |
| 1994 | 5 | — | — | #9,817 |
| 1991 | 6 | — | — | #7,945 |
| 1989 | 11 | — | — | #4,721 |
| 1987 | 9 | — | — | #4,837 |
| 1986 | 6 | — | — | #6,479 |
| 1985 | 12 | — | — | #3,734 |
| 1984 | 9 | — | — | #4,441 |
| 1983 | 6 | — | — | #6,004 |
| 1982 | 9 | — | — | #4,478 |
| 1981 | 9 | — | — | #4,392 |
| 1980 | 7 | — | — | #5,329 |
| 1979 | 10 | — | — | #3,988 |
| 1978 | 5 | — | — | #6,477 |
| 1977 | 5 | — | — | #6,539 |
| 1976 | 8 | — | — | #4,291 |
| 1975 | 5 | — | — | #6,038 |
| 1974 | 5 | — | — | #5,757 |
| 1973 | 12 | — | — | #2,969 |
| 1972 | 6 | — | — | #4,799 |
| 1970 | 6 | — | — | #4,571 |
| 1969 | 6 | — | — | #4,265 |
| 1968 | 10 | — | — | #2,854 |
| 1967 | 6 | — | — | #3,847 |
| 1966 | 10 | — | — | #2,737 |
| 1965 | 11 | — | #7,218 | #3,808 |
| 1964 | 7 | — | — | #3,510 |
| 1963 | 10 | — | — | #2,804 |
| 1962 | 11 | — | — | #2,624 |
| 1961 | 11 | — | — | #2,653 |
| 1960 | 15 | — | — | #2,178 |
| 1959 | 9 | — | — | #2,978 |
| 1958 | 12 | — | — | #2,465 |
| 1957 | 12 | — | — | #2,454 |
| 1956 | 10 | — | — | #2,738 |
| 1955 | 10 | — | — | #2,705 |
| 1954 | 6 | — | — | #3,708 |
| 1953 | 9 | — | — | #2,850 |
| 1952 | 12 | — | — | #2,343 |
| 1951 | 12 | — | — | #2,332 |
| 1950 | 14 | — | — | #2,089 |
| 1949 | 18 | — | — | #1,802 |
| 1948 | 17 | — | — | #1,862 |
| 1947 | 25 | — | — | #1,508 |
| 1946 | 13 | — | — | #2,115 |
| 1945 | 17 | — | — | #1,680 |
| 1944 | 18 | — | — | #1,664 |
| 1943 | 11 | — | — | #2,365 |
| 1942 | 19 | — | — | #1,664 |
| 1941 | 17 | — | — | #1,734 |
| 1940 | 13 | — | — | #2,056 |
| 1939 | 20 | — | — | #1,520 |
| 1938 | 9 | — | — | #2,594 |
| 1937 | 28 | — | — | #1,283 |
| 1936 | 21 | — | — | #1,492 |
| 1935 | 16 | — | — | #1,811 |
| 1934 | 19 | — | — | #1,652 |
| 1933 | 16 | — | — | #1,810 |
| 1932 | 21 | — | — | #1,569 |
| 1931 | 19 | — | — | #1,676 |
| 1930 | 21 | — | — | #1,638 |
| 1929 | 23 | — | — | #1,554 |
| 1928 | 15 | — | — | #2,126 |
| 1927 | 14 | — | — | #2,260 |
| 1926 | 12 | — | — | #2,517 |
| 1925 | 22 | — | — | #1,662 |
| 1924 | 11 | — | — | #2,776 |
| 1923 | 16 | — | — | #2,091 |
| 1922 | 12 | — | — | #2,590 |
| 1921 | 23 | — | — | #1,626 |
| 1920 | 17 | — | — | #2,025 |
| 1919 | 9 | — | — | #3,047 |
| 1918 | 13 | — | — | #2,357 |
| 1916 | 5 | — | — | #4,312 |