Neel

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Neel: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Neel: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #698 in 2008, and it stood at #1,322 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#698highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2020
1997	#1113
1998	#813
1999	#1130
2000	#1096
2001	#1379
2002	#1253
2003	#1188
2004	#1498
2005	#1135
2006	#885
2007	#1014
2008	#818
2009	#904
2010	#996
2011	#1087
2012	#1367
2013	#1086
2014	#1144
2015	#1327
2016	#2175
2017	#1068
2018	#1284
2019	#1869
2020	#1492
2021	#1688
2022	#1609
2023	#1610
2024	#1322

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2021: #755 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1688 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2020 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2008–2021
Highest recorded position: #698 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2008 (recorded 2008–2021).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1322 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Neel appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 526 births with the name.

Neel across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Neel's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2020 (1996)	#813 (1998)	#1322 (2024)	29 of 29	526 (1996–2024)	34 (2008)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#698 (2008)	#698 (2008)	#755 (2021)	2 of 14	6 (2008–2021)	3 (2008)

Neel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Neel in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	48	4 of 10	12
2000s	193	10 of 10	19
2010sbusiest	205	10 of 10	21
2020s	80	5 of 10	16

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 21 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Neel appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #698 in Republic of Ireland in 2008.

Neel's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1322	20	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1610	15	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1609	15	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1688	14	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1492	16	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1869	12	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1284	20	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1068	27	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2175	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1327	19	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1144	23	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1086	24	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1367	18	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1087	24	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#996	28	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#904	30	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#818	34	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1014	24	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#885	27	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1135	18	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1498	11	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1188	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1253	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1379	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1096	13	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1130	12	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#813	19	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1113	12	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#755	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #698, first reached in 2008.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 34 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2008, and 12 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Neelam · #615, 21y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Amr · #698, 29y
Fareed · #698, 27y
Yannick · #698, 24y
Alvaro · #699, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Amr · #698, 29y
Benjamen · #698, 15y
Collin · #698, 14y
Fareed · #698, 27y

Neel was ranked #698 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2008. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Neel and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Neel without appearing here.

Neel moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1610 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1322 and #5119.
Barry Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2175 and #2027 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #1068 and #3040.
Robyn Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2020 and #1765 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1096 and #3036.
Grant Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1869 and #1869 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1492 and #3334.

Moved ahead of Neel

Cooper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1188 and #1248 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1498 and #731.
Aksel Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1284 and #1382 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #1869 and #1253.
Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1379 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1253 and #848.
Tadhg Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1144 and #1630 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1327 and #996.

Moved the opposite way to Neel

Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Neel went from #885 to #1322 while Aksel went from #4052 to #1132.
Ashleigh Compare
Between 1996 and 2009 in England and Wales · Boys, Neel went from #2020 to #904 while Ashleigh went from #402 to #3227.

Moved the same way as Neel

Kelly Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Neel went from #1113 to #1610 and Kelly from #1454 to #3523.
Ole Compare
Between 1998 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Neel went from #813 to #1609 and Ole from #2901 to #4789.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #698 in Republic of Ireland in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Popularity journey

Neel across 2 official records

Neel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Neel across 2 official records

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