Neale Popularity by Year
Follow Neale across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Neale birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Boys | 5 | #12,274 | Down 2,362 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 5 | #9,912 | Down 1,802 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 6 | #8,110 | Up 690 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 5 | #8,800 | Down 1,529 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 6 | #7,271 | Down 2,744 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 11 | #4,527 | Up 46 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 9 | #4,573 | Up 1,353 places |
| 1986 | Boys | 6 | #5,926 | Down 2,327 places |
| 1985 | Boys | 12 | #3,599 | Up 616 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 9 | #4,215 | Up 1,269 places |
| 1983 | Boys | 6 | #5,484 | Down 1,250 places |
| 1982 | Boys | 9 | #4,234 | Down 81 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 9 | #4,153 | Up 787 places |
| 1980 | Boys | 7 | #4,940 | Down 1,130 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 10 | #3,810 | Up 1,962 places |
| 1978 | Boys | 5 | #5,772 | Up 73 places |
| 1977 | Boys | 5 | #5,845 | Down 1,833 places |
| 1976 | Boys | 8 | #4,012 | Up 1,452 places |
| 1975 | Boys | 5 | #5,464 | Down 237 places |
| 1974 | Boys | 5 | #5,227 | Down 2,370 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 12 | #2,857 | Up 1,584 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 6 | #4,441 | Down 211 places |
| 1970 | Boys | 6 | #4,230 | Down 295 places |
| 1969 | Boys | 6 | #3,935 | Down 1,200 places |
| 1968 | Boys | 10 | #2,735 | Up 824 places |
| 1967 | Boys | 6 | #3,559 | Down 932 places |
| 1966 | Boys | 10 | #2,627 | Up 910 places |
| 1965 | Boys | 6 | #3,537 | Down 255 places |
| 1965 | Girls | 5 | #6,539 | — |
| 1964 | Boys | 7 | #3,282 | Down 609 places |
| 1963 | Boys | 10 | #2,673 | Down 169 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 11 | #2,504 | Up 34 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 11 | #2,538 | Down 417 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 15 | #2,121 | Up 700 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 9 | #2,821 | Down 451 places |
| 1958 | Boys | 12 | #2,370 | Up 5 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 12 | #2,375 | Up 253 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 10 | #2,628 | Down 70 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 10 | #2,558 | Up 894 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 6 | #3,452 | Down 743 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 9 | #2,709 | Down 458 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 12 | #2,251 | Down 5 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 12 | #2,246 | Down 227 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 14 | #2,019 | Down 265 places |
| 1949 | Boys | 18 | #1,754 | Up 63 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 17 | #1,817 | Down 335 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 25 | #1,482 | Up 548 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 13 | #2,030 | Down 397 places |
| 1945 | Boys | 17 | #1,633 | Down 3 places |
| 1944 | Boys | 18 | #1,630 | Up 647 places |
| 1943 | Boys | 11 | #2,277 | Down 648 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 19 | #1,629 | Up 56 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 17 | #1,685 | Up 298 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 13 | #1,983 | Down 494 places |
| 1939 | Boys | 20 | #1,489 | Up 990 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 9 | #2,479 | Down 1,214 places |
| 1937 | Boys | 28 | #1,265 | Up 198 places |
| 1936 | Boys | 21 | #1,463 | Up 294 places |
| 1935 | Boys | 16 | #1,757 | Down 149 places |
| 1934 | Boys | 19 | #1,608 | Up 162 places |
| 1933 | Boys | 16 | #1,770 | Down 222 places |
| 1932 | Boys | 21 | #1,548 | Up 95 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 19 | #1,643 | Down 41 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 21 | #1,602 | Down 79 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 23 | #1,523 | Up 525 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 15 | #2,048 | Up 145 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 14 | #2,193 | Up 243 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 12 | #2,436 | Down 808 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 22 | #1,628 | Up 1,013 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 11 | #2,641 | Down 621 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 16 | #2,020 | Up 466 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 12 | #2,486 | Down 898 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 23 | #1,588 | Up 378 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 17 | #1,966 | Up 911 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 9 | #2,877 | Down 617 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 13 | #2,260 | Up 1,637 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 5 | #3,897 | — |