Meaning not yet researched.
Oneal: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 6 in 2025. Its best rank was #784 in 1935.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #784 in 1935; #11,642 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Oneal in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#11,642 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1935, at #784.
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Oneal: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 6 boys in 2025. Peak: #784 in 1935 · most boys in one year: 63 (1935).
In 2025, 6 US boys were named Oneal, making it the 11,642nd most common boys’ name of the year, down 4,921 places from #6,721 in 2024. That is 7 fewer than the 13 boys named Oneal in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #784, reached in 1935. That year also had the most boys given the name: 63. For comparison, it was #8,535 in 2015 and #1,001 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Oneal in 124 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1889 with 5 babies. In all, 3,179 US babies have been given the name, 4.1% of them girls and 96% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 548 babies named Oneal.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 73 US boys were named Oneal; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 13. In 2025 that was about 1 in 284,679 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Rarer spellings such as Oneil, Oniel and Oneill are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Oneil (1,774), Oniel (254), Oneill (87), Onell (72), Onel (43).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Oneal in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 6 | #11,642 |
| 2024 | — | — | 13 | #6,721 |
| 2023 | — | — | 5 | #13,619 |
| 2022 | — | — | 8 | #9,605 |
| 2021 | — | — | 5 | #13,556 |
| 2020 | — | — | 12 | #6,924 |
| 2019 | — | — | 9 | #8,692 |
| 2017 | — | — | 6 | #11,819 |
| 2016 | — | — | 9 | #8,632 |
| 2015 | — | — | 9 | #8,535 |
| 2014 | — | — | 11 | #7,410 |
| 2013 | — | — | 8 | #9,424 |
| 2012 | — | — | 6 | #11,871 |
| 2011 | — | — | 12 | #6,895 |
| 2009 | — | — | 7 | #10,669 |
| 2008 | — | — | 17 | #5,424 |
| 2007 | — | — | 8 | #9,520 |
| 2006 | — | — | 7 | #10,360 |
| 2005 | — | — | 9 | #8,121 |
| 2004 | — | — | 14 | #5,716 |
| 2003 | — | — | 12 | #6,155 |
| 2002 | — | — | 15 | #5,077 |
| 2001 | — | — | 12 | #5,924 |
| 2000 | — | — | 22 | #3,722 |
| 1999 | — | — | 7 | #8,473 |
| 1998 | — | — | 16 | #4,356 |
| 1997 | — | — | 11 | #5,555 |
| 1996 | — | — | 20 | #3,516 |
| 1995 | — | — | 15 | #4,215 |
| 1994 | — | — | 13 | #4,728 |
| 1993 | — | — | 19 | #3,465 |
| 1992 | — | — | 18 | #3,568 |
| 1991 | — | — | 10 | #5,400 |
| 1990 | — | — | 13 | #4,344 |
| 1989 | — | — | 10 | #5,076 |
| 1988 | — | — | 13 | #3,840 |
| 1987 | — | — | 20 | #2,690 |
| 1986 | — | — | 14 | #3,388 |
| 1985 | — | — | 9 | #4,590 |
| 1984 | — | — | 11 | #3,866 |
| 1983 | — | — | 14 | #3,189 |
| 1982 | — | — | 13 | #3,437 |
| 1981 | — | — | 14 | #3,175 |
| 1980 | — | — | 11 | #3,780 |
| 1979 | — | — | 12 | #3,506 |
| 1978 | — | — | 19 | #2,450 |
| 1977 | — | — | 17 | #2,628 |
| 1976 | — | — | 28 | #1,814 |
| 1975 | — | — | 24 | #1,984 |
| 1974 | — | — | 21 | #2,095 |
| 1973 | — | — | 12 | #2,976 |
| 1972 | — | — | 17 | #2,305 |
| 1971 | — | — | 10 | #3,294 |
| 1970 | — | — | 15 | #2,473 |
| 1969 | — | — | 17 | #2,104 |
| 1968 | — | — | 26 | #1,562 |
| 1967 | — | — | 23 | #1,637 |
| 1966 | — | — | 22 | #1,677 |
| 1965 | — | — | 18 | #1,898 |
| 1964 | — | — | 18 | #1,957 |
| 1963 | — | — | 27 | #1,535 |
| 1962 | — | — | 21 | #1,793 |
| 1961 | — | — | 20 | #1,862 |
| 1960 | — | — | 32 | #1,422 |
| 1959 | — | — | 39 | #1,259 |
| 1958 | — | — | 39 | #1,247 |
| 1957 | — | — | 38 | #1,276 |
| 1956 | — | — | 30 | #1,434 |
| 1955 | — | — | 36 | #1,266 |
| 1954 | — | — | 35 | #1,288 |
| 1953 | — | — | 34 | #1,299 |
| 1952 | — | — | 26 | #1,509 |
| 1951 | — | — | 39 | #1,166 |
| 1950 | — | — | 49 | #1,001 |
| 1949 | — | — | 43 | #1,081 |
| 1948 | — | — | 37 | #1,189 |
| 1947 | — | — | 37 | #1,205 |
| 1946 | — | — | 38 | #1,142 |
| 1945 | — | — | 43 | #984 |
| 1944 | 5 | #5,070 | 58 | #827 |
| 1943 | — | — | 41 | #1,069 |
| 1942 | — | — | 42 | #1,048 |
| 1941 | — | — | 42 | #998 |
| 1940 | — | — | 49 | #915 |
| 1939 | — | — | 38 | #1,048 |
| 1938 | — | — | 39 | #1,039 |
| 1937 | — | — | 56 | #821 |
| 1936 | 6 | #4,041 | 37 | #1,065 |
| 1935 | — | — | 63 | #784 |
| 1934 | — | — | 52 | #876 |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,703 | 50 | #883 |
| 1932 | 9 | #3,216 | 63 | #809 |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,418 | 57 | #839 |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,423 | 54 | #913 |
| 1929 | — | — | 56 | #897 |
| 1928 | 5 | #5,251 | 44 | #1,053 |
| 1927 | 5 | #5,407 | 56 | #921 |
| 1926 | — | — | 53 | #941 |
| 1925 | 10 | #3,303 | 50 | #970 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,915 | 45 | #1,065 |
| 1923 | — | — | 52 | #960 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,596 | 53 | #969 |
| 1921 | — | — | 44 | #1,067 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,852 | 46 | #1,029 |
| 1919 | — | — | 39 | #1,115 |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,689 | 49 | #961 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,667 | 35 | #1,148 |
| 1916 | — | — | 36 | #1,091 |
| 1915 | — | — | 23 | #1,444 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,505 | 30 | #1,043 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,743 | 14 | #1,486 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,885 | 17 | #1,165 |
| 1911 | — | — | 12 | #1,028 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,690 | 11 | #1,027 |
| 1909 | — | — | 10 | #1,006 |
| 1908 | — | — | 6 | #1,329 |
| 1907 | — | — | 6 | #1,297 |
| 1906 | — | — | 6 | #1,209 |
| 1904 | — | — | 6 | #1,170 |
| 1903 | — | — | 8 | #893 |
| 1902 | — | — | 8 | #909 |
| 1900 | — | — | 8 | #1,026 |
| 1893 | — | — | 5 | #1,144 |
| 1889 | — | — | 5 | #1,074 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).