Oneal
Last seen for girls in 1944 at #4,574 · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to boys 95.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1935 · 63 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,049since 1889
Oneal over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Oneal has never cracked the top 700 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #10,695 | 6 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,469 | 13 | |
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | #8,990 | 8 | |
| 2021 | — | #12,146 | 5 | |
| 2020 | — | #6,620 | 12 | |
| 2019 | — | #8,215 | 9 | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #10,775 | 6 | |
| 2016 | — | #8,146 | 9 | |
| 2015 | — | #8,040 | 9 | |
| 2014 | — | #7,048 | 11 | |
| 2013 | — | #8,789 | 8 | |
| 2012 | — | #10,770 | 6 | |
| 2011 | — | #6,578 | 12 | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | #9,864 | 7 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,249 | 17 | |
| 2007 | — | #8,915 | 8 | |
| 2006 | — | #9,585 | 7 | |
| 2005 | — | #7,640 | 9 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,492 | 14 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,877 | 12 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,919 | 15 | |
| 2001 | — | #5,667 | 12 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,640 | 22 | |
| 1999 | — | #7,874 | 7 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,197 | 16 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,288 | 11 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,406 | 20 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,052 | 15 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,537 | 13 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,368 | 19 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,459 | 18 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,096 | 10 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,167 | 13 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,811 | 10 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,705 | 13 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,641 | 20 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,268 | 14 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,333 | 9 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,701 | 11 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,071 | 14 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,282 | 13 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,030 | 14 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,615 | 11 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,357 | 12 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,375 | 19 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,556 | 17 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,781 | 28 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,948 | 24 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,050 | 21 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,857 | 12 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,243 | 17 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,146 | 10 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,399 | 15 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,046 | 17 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,544 | 26 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,609 | 23 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,650 | 22 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,856 | 18 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,900 | 18 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,513 | 27 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,757 | 21 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,823 | 20 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,400 | 32 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,247 | 39 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,237 | 39 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,267 | 38 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,418 | 30 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,255 | 36 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,268 | 35 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,280 | 34 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,485 | 26 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,150 | 39 | |
| 1950 | — | #989 | 49 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,072 | 43 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,173 | 37 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,190 | 37 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,124 | 38 | |
| 1945 | — | #971 | 43 | |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #824 | 58 |
| 1943 | — | #1,053 | 41 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,036 | 42 | |
| 1941 | — | #987 | 42 | |
| 1940 | — | #904 | 49 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,033 | 38 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,030 | 39 | |
| 1937 | — | #817 | 56 | |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | #1,051 | 37 |
| 1935 | — | #778 | 63 | |
| 1934 | — | #869 | 52 | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | #875 | 50 |
| 1932 | #3,047 | 9 | #802 | 63 |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 | #831 | 57 |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | #909 | 54 |
| 1929 | — | #888 | 56 | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #1,041 | 44 |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #911 | 56 |
| 1926 | — | #931 | 53 | |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 | #956 | 50 |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 | #1,058 | 45 |
| 1923 | — | #954 | 52 | |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 | #958 | 53 |
| 1921 | — | #1,058 | 44 | |
| 1920 | #2,731 | 12 | #1,020 | 46 |
| 1919 | — | #1,097 | 39 | |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | #949 | 49 |
| 1917 | #2,552 | 12 | #1,132 | 35 |
| 1916 | — | #1,072 | 36 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,410 | 23 | |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | #1,019 | 30 |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 | #1,441 | 14 |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 | #1,137 | 17 |
| 1911 | — | #982 | 12 | |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | #981 | 11 |
| 1909 | — | #951 | 10 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,200 | 6 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,111 | 6 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #1,064 | 6 | |
| 1903 | — | #846 | 8 | |
| 1902 | — | #862 | 8 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #968 | 8 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #1,035 | 5 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1889
The first year at least five boys were named Oneal! It came in at #974, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1889–1899, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 4,226 spots since 2024 (#6,469 → #10,695)
- 4,075 spots since 2020 (#6,620 → #10,695)
- 2,655 spots since 2015 (#8,040 → #10,695)
- Biggest jump: 266 spots in 1909 (#1,217 → #951)
- Biggest drop: 273 spots in 1936 (#778 → #1,051)
Rise & fade · boys
46 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1935 at #778 (63 births)
- Births halved by 1952, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 26 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 1929–1935
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,904
- Highest: 1 in 14,904 boys born in 1903 were named Oneal (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #778 in 1935, was only 1 in 16,529 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1930s
- 16.7% of all boys named Oneal (509) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #974 (1889) | #974 |
| 1890s | 5 | #1,035 (1893) | #1,035 |
| 1900s | 58 | #846 (1903) | #1,027 |
| 1910s | 266 | #949 (1918) | #1,122 |
| 1920s | 499 | #888 (1929) | #978 |
| 1930s | 509 | #778 (1935) | #900 |
| 1940s | 430 | #824 (1944) | #1,033 |
| 1950s | 365 | #989 (1950) | #1,260 |
| 1960s | 224 | #1,400 (1960) | #1,710 |
| 1970s | 175 | #1,781 (1976) | #2,471 |
| 1980s | 129 | #2,641 (1987) | #3,546 |
| 1990s | 142 | #3,368 (1993) | #4,544 |
| 2000s | 123 | #3,640 (2000) | #6,685 |
| 2010s | 70 | #6,578 (2011) | #8,545 |
| 2020s | 49 | #6,469 (2024) | #9,527 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Oneal in 1929
boys
#888
56 births · 1 in 19,207 boys
Top boys' names in 1929
More about 1929
boys
1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 19,207 of them was named Oneal, which outranked 80.5% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).