Neil is a familiar boys' name that peaked in 1954 and has since faded.
Neil is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #851 for boy births in the United States (and #1,743 across all names), given to 288 babies. Neil was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1954 (1,959 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 288 | 288 | — | #851 |
| 2024 | 280 | 280 | — | #865 |
| 2023 | 305 | 305 | — | #806 |
| 2022 | 330 | 330 | — | #766 |
| 2021 | 360 | 360 | — | #719 |
| 2020 | 324 | 324 | — | #751 |
| 2019 | 422 | 422 | — | #639 |
| 2018 | 427 | 427 | — | #625 |
| 2017 | 422 | 422 | — | #618 |
| 2016 | 425 | 425 | — | #629 |
| 2015 | 414 | 414 | — | #641 |
| 2014 | 397 | 397 | — | #656 |
| 2013 | 394 | 394 | — | #624 |
| 2012 | 391 | 391 | — | #622 |
| 2011 | 358 | 358 | — | #660 |
| 2010 | 342 | 342 | — | #687 |
| 2009 | 396 | 396 | — | #632 |
| 2008 | 327 | 327 | — | #713 |
| 2007 | 305 | 305 | — | #741 |
| 2006 | 398 | 398 | — | #605 |
| 2005 | 380 | 380 | — | #595 |
| 2004 | 338 | 338 | — | #626 |
| 2003 | 384 | 384 | — | #575 |
| 2002 | 381 | 381 | — | #574 |
| 2001 | 443 | 443 | — | #512 |
| 2000 | 462 | 462 | — | #495 |
| 1999 | 490 | 490 | — | #465 |
| 1998 | 489 | 489 | — | #460 |
| 1997 | 526 | — | — | #430 |
| 1996 | 579 | — | — | #404 |
| 1995 | 678 | — | — | #357 |
| 1994 | 704 | — | — | #349 |
| 1993 | 784 | — | — | #326 |
| 1992 | 791 | — | — | #322 |
| 1991 | 918 | — | — | #283 |
| 1990 | 1,033 | — | #14,515 | #261 |
| 1989 | 1,036 | — | #8,528 | #252 |
| 1988 | 1,006 | — | #10,020 | #240 |
| 1987 | 1,084 | — | #10,811 | #222 |
| 1986 | 1,159 | — | #9,252 | #211 |
| 1985 | 1,217 | — | #6,321 | #202 |
| 1984 | 1,131 | — | #9,963 | #205 |
| 1983 | 1,238 | — | #5,709 | #195 |
| 1982 | 1,352 | — | #6,701 | #188 |
| 1981 | 1,343 | — | #5,484 | #188 |
| 1980 | 1,360 | — | #5,793 | #181 |
| 1979 | 1,491 | — | #11,359 | #165 |
| 1978 | 1,537 | — | #6,250 | #159 |
| 1977 | 1,434 | — | #10,721 | #169 |
| 1976 | 1,362 | — | #7,058 | #173 |
| 1975 | 1,342 | — | #5,403 | #174 |
| 1974 | 1,329 | — | #8,383 | #175 |
| 1973 | 1,303 | — | #8,094 | #182 |
| 1972 | 1,310 | — | #7,930 | #185 |
| 1971 | 1,429 | — | #7,126 | #182 |
| 1970 | 1,581 | — | #4,185 | #178 |
| 1969 | 1,691 | — | #4,640 | #164 |
| 1968 | 1,054 | — | #7,823 | #218 |
| 1967 | 1,155 | — | — | #200 |
| 1966 | 1,227 | — | — | #198 |
| 1965 | 1,321 | — | — | #192 |
| 1964 | 1,533 | — | #6,544 | #182 |
| 1963 | 1,448 | — | — | #205 |
| 1962 | 1,291 | — | — | #214 |
| 1961 | 1,524 | — | — | #196 |
| 1960 | 1,446 | — | — | #199 |
| 1959 | 1,637 | — | #6,937 | #185 |
| 1958 | 1,718 | — | #5,251 | #174 |
| 1957 | 1,684 | — | #4,797 | #181 |
| 1956 | 1,752 | — | #6,614 | #171 |
| 1955 | 1,790 | — | #6,456 | #159 |
| 1954 | 1,964 | — | #6,361 | #147 |
| 1953 | 1,946 | — | #4,146 | #146 |
| 1952 | 1,911 | — | #4,799 | #147 |
| 1951 | 1,762 | — | #4,696 | #149 |
| 1950 | 1,609 | — | — | #156 |
| 1949 | 1,471 | — | — | #161 |
| 1948 | 1,413 | — | #4,510 | #165 |
| 1947 | 1,460 | — | — | #162 |
| 1946 | 1,343 | — | — | #161 |
| 1945 | 1,215 | — | #5,050 | #157 |
| 1944 | 1,140 | — | — | #161 |
| 1943 | 1,155 | — | — | #162 |
| 1942 | 1,106 | — | #5,164 | #160 |
| 1941 | 1,074 | — | — | #161 |
| 1940 | 1,067 | — | — | #156 |
| 1939 | 1,076 | — | #3,337 | #152 |
| 1938 | 1,066 | — | — | #152 |
| 1937 | 975 | — | #4,134 | #157 |
| 1936 | 913 | — | — | #158 |
| 1935 | 858 | — | — | #167 |
| 1934 | 960 | — | #3,706 | #153 |
| 1933 | 1,005 | — | #3,327 | #149 |
| 1932 | 940 | — | #4,283 | #162 |
| 1931 | 887 | — | #4,207 | #165 |
| 1930 | 834 | — | #3,940 | #175 |
| 1929 | 703 | — | #3,944 | #196 |
| 1928 | 702 | — | #4,568 | #198 |
| 1927 | 609 | — | — | #221 |
| 1926 | 607 | — | #4,190 | #225 |
| 1925 | 568 | — | #5,553 | #234 |
| 1924 | 547 | — | #4,880 | #249 |
| 1923 | 508 | — | — | #248 |
| 1922 | 495 | — | #4,860 | #255 |
| 1921 | 503 | — | #4,926 | #252 |
| 1920 | 497 | — | #3,857 | #247 |
| 1919 | 366 | — | — | #275 |
| 1918 | 367 | — | #3,767 | #285 |
| 1917 | 356 | — | — | #270 |
| 1916 | 380 | — | #4,945 | #256 |
| 1915 | 289 | — | — | #297 |
| 1914 | 232 | — | — | #296 |
| 1913 | 184 | — | — | #294 |
| 1912 | 151 | — | — | #292 |
| 1911 | 58 | — | — | #366 |
| 1910 | 54 | — | — | #343 |
| 1909 | 43 | — | — | #363 |
| 1908 | 55 | — | — | #295 |
| 1907 | 42 | — | — | #329 |
| 1906 | 37 | — | — | #343 |
| 1905 | 42 | — | — | #313 |
| 1904 | 41 | — | — | #310 |
| 1903 | 28 | — | — | #364 |
| 1902 | 28 | — | — | #377 |
| 1901 | 32 | — | — | #315 |
| 1900 | 50 | — | — | #292 |
| 1899 | 26 | — | — | #358 |
| 1898 | 35 | — | — | #328 |
| 1897 | 26 | — | — | #372 |
| 1896 | 47 | — | — | #264 |
| 1895 | 31 | — | — | #336 |
| 1894 | 30 | — | — | #329 |
| 1893 | 28 | — | — | #338 |
| 1892 | 36 | — | — | #310 |
| 1891 | 25 | — | — | #345 |
| 1890 | 29 | — | — | #324 |
| 1889 | 28 | — | — | #335 |
| 1888 | 23 | — | — | #394 |
| 1887 | 21 | — | — | #365 |
| 1886 | 24 | — | — | #354 |
| 1885 | 26 | — | — | #341 |
| 1884 | 23 | — | — | #371 |
| 1883 | 23 | — | — | #351 |
| 1882 | 19 | — | — | #421 |
| 1881 | 6 | — | — | #840 |
| 1880 | 24 | — | — | #354 |