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How popular is the name Oneil?
Births per year, rank history and how many Oneils are alive today.
Oneil (male), a spelling of O'neil, last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2003 (ranked 1771st); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since.
Across all spellings of the name, the O'neil you are most likely to meet is around 22 years old. Half of all O'neils born in England and Wales are between 17 and 31, and there are at least 82 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called O'neil - on average, only one in every 3,696 such rooms contains a O'neil.
How many babies are named Oneil each year?
Includes all spellings: Oneil, O'neil, O'neill. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Oneil spelling rank?
Where does the O'neil spelling rank?
Where does the O'neill spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Oneil most popular?
The most popular form of the name, O'neil, peaked in 2003, when 14 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Oneil spelling itself peaked in 2003, with 8 babies.
How many people are called Oneil?
At least 82 people named Oneil in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Oneil?
Most living Oneils are between 17 and 31; the most common age is about 22.
Is Oneil becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.