Neil
32
Babies in 2024
-24%
10-year change
1996
Peak · 132
-3%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Neil
Neil peaked among UK boys' names in the late 1990s (132 babies in 1996) and has remained in active use — 32 boys were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Neil reached its peak in 1996, when 132 boys were registered in England & Wales — ranked #232 for UK boys that year. Today's count of 32 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 1,457 boys have been officially registered with the name Neil in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 339 boys were registered with the name, starting from 42 in 2014 and ending at 32 in 2024.