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How popular is “Neill” in the USA?

Number of people named “Neill” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Neill” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Neill” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Neill” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Neill” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Neill” by birth year

This chart shows how “Neill” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1912 6 0.000006072 6 -100%
1913 12 0.000010553 12 -100%
1914 11 0.000007766 11 -100%
1915 14 0.00000764 14 -100%
1916 12 0.000006203 12 -100%
1917 12 0.00000598 12 -100%
1918 18 0.000008291 18 -100%
1919 18 0.00000853 18 -100%
1920 14 0.000006187 14 -100%
1921 17 0.000007282 17 -100%
1922 12 0.000005242 12 -100%
1923 15 0.000006515 15 -100%
1924 15 0.000006298 15 -100%
1925 20 0.000008572 20 -100%
1926 21 0.000009147 21 -100%
1927 14 0.000006036 14 -100%
1928 17 0.000007519 17 -100%
1929 19 0.000008667 19 -100%
1930 12 0.000005397 12 -100%
1931 19 0.000009029 19 -100%
1932 11 0.00000521 11 -100%
1933 16 0.000008002 16 -100%
1934 17 0.000008186 17 -100%
1935 19 0.000009091 19 -100%
1936 17 0.000008183 17 -100%
1937 19 0.000008917 19 -100%
1938 21 0.000009491 21 -100%
1939 12 0.000005446 12 -100%
1940 32 0.000013897 32 -100%
1941 19 0.000007798 19 -100%
1942 24 0.000008785 24 -100%
1943 25 0.000008857 25 -100%
1944 19 0.000007063 19 -100%
1945 21 0.000007916 21 -100%
1946 28 0.000008763 28 -100%
1947 33 0.000009161 33 -100%
1948 30 0.000008689 30 -100%
1949 22 0.000006313 22 -100%
1950 36 0.000010276 36 -100%
1951 29 0.000007872 29 -100%
1952 32 0.000008425 32 -100%
1953 31 0.000008044 31 -100%
1954 28 0.000007034 28 -100%
1955 28 0.000006974 28 -100%
1956 17 0.000004123 17 -100%
1957 32 0.000007615 32 -100%
1958 25 0.000006048 25 -100%
1959 24 0.000005772 24 -100%
1960 15 0.000003611 15 -100%
1961 20 0.000004828 20 -100%
1962 25 0.000006195 25 -100%
1963 18 0.000004548 18 -100%
1964 24 0.000006173 24 -100%
1965 14 0.000003862 14 -100%
1966 19 0.000005467 19 -100%
1967 17 0.000005008 17 -100%
1968 20 0.00000592 20 -100%
1969 21 0.000006043 21 -100%
1970 21 0.000005823 21 -100%
1971 33 0.000009614 33 -100%
1972 14 0.000004454 14 -100%
1973 24 0.000007955 24 -100%
1974 17 0.000005592 17 -100%
1975 34 0.000011261 34 -100%
1976 24 0.00000791 24 -100%
1977 24 0.000007555 24 -100%
1978 29 0.000009137 29 -100%
1979 23 0.000006913 23 -100%
1980 30 0.00000871 30 -100%
1981 21 0.00000607 21 -100%
1982 17 0.000004846 17 -100%
1983 23 0.000006641 23 -100%
1984 16 0.000004586 16 -100%
1985 19 0.000005323 19 -100%
1986 23 0.000006466 23 -100%
1987 10 0.000002773 10 -100%
1988 24 0.000006495 24 -100%
1989 22 0.000005723 22 -100%
1990 22 0.000005566 22 -100%
1991 19 0.000004878 19 -100%
1992 24 0.000006248 24 -100%
1993 12 0.000003183 12 -100%
1994 12 0.000003228 12 -100%
1995 8 0.000002185 8 -100%
1996 13 0.000003564 13 -100%
1997 10 0.000002758 10 -100%
1998 14 0.000003806 14 -100%
1999 8 0.000002166 8 -100%
2000 7 0.000001852 7 -100%
2001 5 0.000001336 5 -100%
2003 6 0.000001578 6 -100%
2005 15 0.000003901 15 -100%
2008 7 0.000001781 7 -100%
2009 6 0.000001571 6 -100%
2010 6 0.000001623 6 -100%
2012 7 0.000001914 7 -100%
2014 5 0.000001349 5 -100%
2018 7 0.000001991 7 -100%
2020 8 0.000002395 8 -100%
2021 7 0.000002066 7 -100%

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