Boy name Irish Gaelic origin

Neal

NEEL · 4 letters · 1 syllables
What it means
Champion
Language
Irish Gaelic
Culture
Irish
Style era
modern
Themes
Irish · classic
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#2002
2024 births77
Peak year1959
First appeared1880
Total US births54,960
1959 peak18801916195219882024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Alternate spellings
NeilNiel
In other languages
Niall

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