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

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Peak · boys
1935 · 63 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,049
since 1889

Oneal over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Oneal has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201931peak #778, 1935boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#10,6956
2024#6,46913
2023#12,2395
2022#8,9908
2021#12,1465
2020#6,62012
2019#8,2159
2018
2017#10,7756
2016#8,1469
2015#8,0409
2014#7,04811
2013#8,7898
2012#10,7706
2011#6,57812
2010
2009#9,8647
2008#5,24917
2007#8,9158
2006#9,5857
2005#7,6409
2004#5,49214
2003#5,87712
2002#4,91915
2001#5,66712
2000#3,64022
1999#7,8747
1998#4,19716
1997#5,28811
1996#3,40620
1995#4,05215
1994#4,53713
1993#3,36819
1992#3,45918
1991#5,09610
1990#4,16713
1989#4,81110
1988#3,70513
1987#2,64120
1986#3,26814
1985#4,3339
1984#3,70111
1983#3,07114
1982#3,28213
1981#3,03014
1980#3,61511
1979#3,35712
1978#2,37519
1977#2,55617
1976#1,78128
1975#1,94824
1974#2,05021
1973#2,85712
1972#2,24317
1971#3,14610
1970#2,39915
1969#2,04617
1968#1,54426
1967#1,60923
1966#1,65022
1965#1,85618
1964#1,90018
1963#1,51327
1962#1,75721
1961#1,82320
1960#1,40032
1959#1,24739
1958#1,23739
1957#1,26738
1956#1,41830
1955#1,25536
1954#1,26835
1953#1,28034
1952#1,48526
1951#1,15039
1950#98949
1949#1,07243
1948#1,17337
1947#1,19037
1946#1,12438
1945#97143
1944#4,5745#82458
1943#1,05341
1942#1,03642
1941#98742
1940#90449
1939#1,03338
1938#1,03039
1937#81756
1936#3,7016#1,05137
1935#77863
1934#86952
1933#4,2185#87550
1932#3,0479#80263
1931#3,2268#83157
1930#4,0476#90954
1929#88856
1928#4,7255#1,04144
1927#4,8055#91156
1926#93153
1925#3,11610#95650
1924#3,6658#1,05845
1923#95452
1922#3,3799#95853
1921#1,05844
1920#2,73112#1,02046
1919#1,09739
1918#4,2916#94949
1917#2,55212#1,13235
1916#1,07236
1915#1,41023
1914#3,1886#1,01930
1913#2,5407#1,44114
1912#2,6346#1,13717
1911#98212
1910#2,3985#98111
1909#95110
1908#1,2176
1907#1,2006
1906#1,1116
1905
1904#1,0646
1903#8468
1902#8628
1901
1900#9688
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893#1,0355
1892
1891
1890
1889#9745
1888
1887
1886
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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.

See more about Oneal
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#974 (1889)#974
1890s5#1,035 (1893)#1,035
1900s58#846 (1903)#1,027
1910s266#949 (1918)#1,122
1920s499#888 (1929)#978
1930s509#778 (1935)#900
1940s430#824 (1944)#1,033
1950s365#989 (1950)#1,260
1960s224#1,400 (1960)#1,710
1970s175#1,781 (1976)#2,471
1980s129#2,641 (1987)#3,546
1990s142#3,368 (1993)#4,544
2000s123#3,640 (2000)#6,685
2010s70#6,578 (2011)#8,545
2020s49#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 1931

girls
#3,226
8 births · 1 in 133,091 girls
boys
#831
57 births · 1 in 18,240 boys

Top girls' names in 1931

  1. #1Mary60,299
  2. #2Betty36,105
  3. #3Dorothy26,524
  4. #4Barbara21,804
  5. #5Joan19,119
  6. #6Helen17,664
  7. #7Margaret17,332
  8. #8Patricia16,469
  9. #9Shirley14,405
  10. #10Doris13,629
  11. #3,226Oneal8

Top boys' names in 1931

  1. #1Robert60,519
  2. #2James51,212
  3. #3John48,423
  4. #4William43,280
  5. #5Richard31,822
  6. #6Charles29,934
  7. #7Donald29,100
  8. #8George20,685
  9. #9Joseph19,326
  10. #10Thomas16,847
  11. #831Oneal57
More about 1931

girls

1,064,728 girls got a published name in 1931; 1 in 133,091 of them was named Oneal, which outranked 35.2% of the 4,979 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Oneal
  1. #2,972Yoshie9
  2. #2,972Zell9
  3. #2,972Zenith9
  4. #3,226Oneal8
  5. #3,226Adelyn8
  6. #3,226Adena8
  7. #3,226Agapita8
  8. #3,497Adria7
  9. #3,497Ailie7
  10. #3,497Alberto7

Tied with 270 names at #3,226; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1930
Risers
  1. 857Joretta#1,320#463
  2. 519Joetta#1,460#941
  3. 483Sondra#1,031#548
  4. 465Celine#1,460#995
  5. 343Lynne#1,274#931
Fallers
  1. 377Margo#937#1,314
  2. 349Rachael#894#1,243
  3. 317Evelyne#926#1,243
  4. 287Vivien#971#1,258
  5. 283Ardeth#629#912

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,039,665 boys got a published name in 1931; 1 in 18,240 of them was named Oneal, which outranked 80.8% of the 4,321 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Oneal
  1. #825Curtiss58
  2. #825Deane58
  3. #825Rowland58
  4. #831Oneal57
  5. #831Cornell57
  6. #831Derald57
  7. #831Hamilton57
  8. #841Allyn56
  9. #841Aron56
  10. #841Brady56

Tied with 9 names at #831; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1930
Risers
  1. 794Kenton#1,753#959
  2. 420Wyman#1,330#910
  3. 408Jan#1,330#922
  4. 402Leopold#1,399#997
  5. 398Odie#1,299#901
Fallers
  1. 513Artie#976#1,489
  2. 469Arnulfo#892#1,361
  3. 385Rose#832#1,217
  4. 357Ransom#976#1,333
  5. 343Jodie#990#1,333

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1931