Oneal
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- oh-NEEL
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Oneal is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “descendant of Niall”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Oneal mean?
Irish: from the Irish surname Ó Néill
“descendant of Niall”
From the Irish surname Ó Néill, borne by the medieval kings of Ulster.
Is Oneal a girl's or a boy's name?
Oneal is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Oneal in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Oneal, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 1932, with 63 boys. It first appears in the records in 1889.
Half of all the boys named Oneal in the US since 1880 were born between 1928 and 1966, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1944, 8% of the babies named Oneal in the US were girls.
Oneal in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 22 | #3,634 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 20 | #3,400 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 19 | #3,362 |
| 1992 | 18 | #3,452 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 20 | #2,637 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,265 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 14 | #3,070 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,028 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,614 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,356 |
| 1978 | 19 | #2,375 |
| 1977 | 17 | #2,555 |
| 1976 | 28 | #1,780 |
| 1975 | 24 | #1,947 |
| 1974 | 21 | #2,050 |
| 1973 | 12 | #2,855 |
| 1972 | 17 | #2,243 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,144 |
| 1970 | 15 | #2,398 |
| 1969 | 17 | #2,045 |
| 1968 | 26 | #1,543 |
| 1967 | 23 | #1,608 |
| 1966 | 22 | #1,649 |
| 1965 | 18 | #1,855 |
| 1964 | 18 | #1,899 |
| 1963 | 27 | #1,512 |
| 1962 | 21 | #1,756 |
| 1961 | 20 | #1,822 |
| 1960 | 32 | #1,399 |
| 1959 | 39 | #1,246 |
| 1958 | 39 | #1,236 |
| 1957 | 38 | #1,266 |
| 1956 | 30 | #1,417 |
| 1955 | 36 | #1,254 |
| 1954 | 35 | #1,267 |
| 1953 | 34 | #1,279 |
| 1952 | 26 | #1,484 |
| 1951 | 39 | #1,149 |
| 1950 | 49 | #988 |
| 1949 | 43 | #1,071 |
| 1948 | 37 | #1,172 |
| 1947 | 37 | #1,189 |
| 1946 | 38 | #1,123 |
| 1945 | 43 | #971 |
| 1944 | 58 | #824 |
| 1943 | 41 | #1,053 |
| 1942 | 42 | #1,036 |
| 1941 | 42 | #987 |
| 1940 | 49 | #904 |
| 1939 | 38 | #1,033 |
| 1938 | 39 | #1,030 |
| 1937 | 56 | #817 |
| 1936 | 37 | #1,051 |
| 1935 | 63 | #778 |
| 1934 | 52 | #869 |
| 1933 | 50 | #875 |
| 1932 | 63 | #802 |
| 1931 | 57 | #831 |
| 1930 | 54 | #909 |
| 1929 | 56 | #888 |
| 1928 | 44 | #1,041 |
| 1927 | 56 | #911 |
| 1926 | 53 | #931 |
| 1925 | 50 | #956 |
| 1924 | 45 | #1,058 |
| 1923 | 52 | #954 |
| 1922 | 53 | #958 |
| 1921 | 44 | #1,058 |
| 1920 | 46 | #1,020 |
| 1919 | 39 | #1,097 |
| 1918 | 49 | #949 |
| 1917 | 35 | #1,132 |
| 1916 | 36 | #1,072 |
| 1915 | 23 | #1,409 |
| 1914 | 30 | #1,019 |
| 1913 | 14 | #1,440 |
| 1912 | 17 | #1,137 |
| 1911 | 12 | #981 |
| 1910 | 11 | #980 |
| 1909 | 10 | #951 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,216 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,199 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,110 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,063 |
| 1903 | 8 | #846 |
| 1902 | 8 | #861 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 8 | #967 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,034 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 5 | #973 |
Names like Oneal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kenneth, Roy, Neil, Warren, Oscar, Raymond, Russell, Franklin, Neal, Roland, Donald, Conrad
Names related to Oneal
More Irish names
Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Finn, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey, Kennedy
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Oneal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/oneal, updated 20 October 2026.