Boy
Neal
As a boy's name, Neal traces back to Irish, where it is understood to mean "Irish, champion". It has not kept pace since its 1950s peak. In the current registry, it is a name plenty of people share. The name's best year yet was 1959.
EtymologyVariant of Neil
IrishIrish – "champion"
Births by decade
1900s
472
1910s
1,998
1920s
3,923
1930s
4,118
1940s
6,176
1950s
10,754
1960s
9,379
1970s
6,033
1980s
5,434
1990s
3,140
2000s
1,366
2010s
966
Peaked in the 1950s · 53,759 total U.S. births since 1900