Neel
Boy · NEEL · Sanskrit
Neel is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “dark blue”. In 2025 it ranked 1,537th for boys in the UK (18 babies) and 1,571st for boys in the US (108 babies).
What does Neel mean?
Sanskrit: Hindi and Bengali form of Sanskrit nila
“dark blue”
From Sanskrit nila, 'dark blue'; Nilakantha, 'the blue-throated one', is a title of the Hindu god Shiva.
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Is Neel a girl's or a boy's name?
Neel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 18 boys in the UK and 108 boys in the US.
How popular is Neel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,537among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 17,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the UK were named Neel, making it the 1,537th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,512th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 36 boys. 5 girls were also named Neel in 2025 (4,276th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Neel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 52 boys in the UK were given Neel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #666, up from #1,537 for this spelling alone.
- Neil 34
- Neel 18
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,465th in England and Wales.
Neel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,537 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,397 |
| 2023 | 16 | #1,643 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,639 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,686 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,512 |
| 2019 | 13 | #1,858 |
| 2018 | 21 | #1,327 |
| 2017 | 27 | #1,141 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2014 | 23 | #1,226 |
| 2013 | 25 | #1,139 |
| 2012 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 2011 | 24 | #1,164 |
| 2010 | 28 | #1,066 |
| 2009 | 30 | #972 |
| 2008 | 36 | #854 |
| 2007 | 24 | #1,102 |
| 2006 | 27 | #959 |
| 2005 | 19 | #1,180 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,583 |
| 2003 | 14 | #1,272 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,312 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,458 |
| 2000 | 13 | #1,165 |
| 1999 | 12 | #1,188 |
| 1998 | 19 | #878 |
| 1997 | 14 | #1,066 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Neel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,571among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 108about 1 in 16,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 108 boys in the US were named Neel, making it the 1,571st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,798th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 148 boys. It first appears in the records in 1918.
2025 had more boys named Neel than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Neel in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 401 boys in the US were given Neel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #646, up from #1,571 for this spelling alone.
Neel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 108 | #1,571 |
| 2024 | 87 | #1,856 |
| 2023 | 67 | #2,146 |
| 2022 | 103 | #1,665 |
| 2021 | 94 | #1,721 |
| 2020 | 83 | #1,798 |
| 2019 | 81 | #1,849 |
| 2018 | 86 | #1,777 |
| 2017 | 115 | #1,467 |
| 2016 | 98 | #1,628 |
| 2015 | 95 | #1,657 |
| 2014 | 90 | #1,691 |
| 2013 | 81 | #1,781 |
| 2012 | 81 | #1,817 |
| 2011 | 97 | #1,587 |
| 2010 | 140 | #1,250 |
| 2009 | 148 | #1,214 |
| 2008 | 108 | #1,504 |
| 2007 | 122 | #1,365 |
| 2006 | 93 | #1,575 |
| 2005 | 82 | #1,646 |
| 2004 | 86 | #1,539 |
| 2003 | 82 | #1,545 |
| 2002 | 71 | #1,657 |
| 2001 | 76 | #1,568 |
| 2000 | 79 | #1,510 |
| 1999 | 63 | #1,668 |
| 1998 | 74 | #1,485 |
| 1997 | 54 | #1,770 |
| 1996 | 53 | #1,737 |
| 1995 | 34 | #2,294 |
| 1994 | 38 | #2,118 |
| 1993 | 31 | #2,393 |
| 1992 | 38 | #2,041 |
| 1991 | 42 | #1,861 |
| 1990 | 29 | #2,368 |
| 1989 | 40 | #1,853 |
| 1988 | 34 | #1,904 |
| 1987 | 29 | #2,053 |
| 1986 | 20 | #2,598 |
| 1985 | 31 | #1,865 |
| 1984 | 35 | #1,655 |
| 1983 | 32 | #1,747 |
| 1982 | 27 | #1,998 |
| 1981 | 20 | #2,417 |
| 1980 | 21 | #2,366 |
| 1979 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1978 | 24 | #2,012 |
| 1977 | 25 | #1,948 |
| 1976 | 13 | #2,945 |
| 1975 | 15 | #2,635 |
| 1974 | 16 | #2,457 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,095 |
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