Neill
Boy · Irish
Neill is a boys' name of Irish origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Neill mean?
Irish
A male given name from Irish, variant of Neil.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Neill a girl's or a boy's name?
Neill is a boys' name.
How popular is Neill in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1950, with 36 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Neill in the US since 1880 were born between 1940 and 1978, the years shaded on the chart below.
Neill in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 24 | #2,828 |
| 1991 | 19 | #3,218 |
| 1990 | 22 | #2,859 |
| 1989 | 22 | #2,778 |
| 1988 | 24 | #2,432 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
| 1986 | 23 | #2,358 |
| 1985 | 19 | #2,596 |
| 1984 | 16 | #2,823 |
| 1983 | 23 | #2,207 |
| 1982 | 17 | #2,708 |
| 1981 | 21 | #2,337 |
| 1980 | 30 | #1,852 |
| 1979 | 23 | #2,156 |
| 1978 | 29 | #1,794 |
| 1977 | 24 | #2,008 |
| 1976 | 24 | #1,998 |
| 1975 | 34 | #1,529 |
| 1974 | 17 | #2,356 |
| 1973 | 24 | #1,817 |
| 1972 | 14 | #2,533 |
| 1971 | 33 | #1,494 |
| 1970 | 21 | #1,938 |
| 1969 | 21 | #1,809 |
| 1968 | 20 | #1,787 |
| 1967 | 17 | #1,905 |
| 1966 | 19 | #1,756 |
| 1965 | 14 | #2,177 |
| 1964 | 24 | #1,614 |
| 1963 | 18 | #1,901 |
| 1962 | 25 | #1,587 |
| 1961 | 20 | #1,822 |
| 1960 | 15 | #2,120 |
| 1959 | 24 | #1,619 |
| 1958 | 25 | #1,556 |
| 1957 | 32 | #1,387 |
| 1956 | 17 | #1,944 |
| 1955 | 28 | #1,457 |
| 1954 | 28 | #1,434 |
| 1953 | 31 | #1,356 |
| 1952 | 32 | #1,322 |
| 1951 | 29 | #1,372 |
| 1950 | 36 | #1,202 |
| 1949 | 22 | #1,582 |
| 1948 | 30 | #1,322 |
| 1947 | 33 | #1,270 |
| 1946 | 28 | #1,326 |
| 1945 | 21 | #1,444 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,573 |
| 1943 | 25 | #1,398 |
| 1942 | 24 | #1,421 |
| 1941 | 19 | #1,588 |
| 1940 | 32 | #1,183 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,050 |
| 1938 | 21 | #1,476 |
| 1937 | 19 | #1,576 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,639 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,584 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,725 |
| 1933 | 16 | #1,770 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,313 |
| 1931 | 19 | #1,643 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,292 |
| 1929 | 19 | #1,731 |
| 1928 | 17 | #1,902 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,193 |
| 1926 | 21 | #1,661 |
| 1925 | 20 | #1,744 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,132 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,122 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,485 |
| 1921 | 17 | #1,979 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,230 |
| 1919 | 18 | #1,810 |
| 1918 | 18 | #1,826 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,279 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,258 |
| 1915 | 14 | #1,967 |
| 1914 | 11 | #1,974 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,579 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
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