Ned
Last seen for girls in 1931 at #4,331 · #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
Given to boys >99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1890 · 49 births
- Debut · boys
- 33 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 17,292since 1880
Ned over time
Rank among boys' names. Ned has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #8,910 | 8 | |
| 2024 | — | #7,257 | 11 | |
| 2023 | — | #5,927 | 15 | |
| 2022 | — | #10,863 | 6 | |
| 2021 | — | #8,166 | 9 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,235 | 17 | |
| 2019 | — | #5,813 | 15 | |
| 2018 | — | #6,703 | 12 | |
| 2017 | — | #12,246 | 5 | |
| 2016 | — | #7,605 | 10 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,289 | 17 | |
| 2014 | — | #7,048 | 11 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,923 | 14 | |
| 2012 | — | #6,626 | 12 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,433 | 16 | |
| 2010 | — | #7,087 | 11 | |
| 2009 | — | #7,236 | 11 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,763 | 12 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,434 | 16 | |
| 2006 | — | #5,303 | 16 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,528 | 27 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,860 | 23 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,426 | 18 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,909 | 21 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,121 | 19 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,785 | 15 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,986 | 18 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,019 | 17 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,160 | 23 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,185 | 15 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,626 | 28 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,109 | 22 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,050 | 39 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,085 | 37 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,143 | 34 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,685 | 48 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,658 | 47 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,671 | 42 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,760 | 37 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,694 | 37 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,354 | 51 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,399 | 46 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,296 | 51 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,179 | 61 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,101 | 68 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,055 | 73 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,034 | 73 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,326 | 47 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,012 | 72 | |
| 1976 | — | #946 | 77 | |
| 1975 | — | #911 | 81 | |
| 1974 | — | #903 | 80 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,037 | 61 | |
| 1972 | — | #929 | 74 | |
| 1971 | — | #767 | 114 | |
| 1970 | — | #818 | 98 | |
| 1969 | — | #715 | 120 | |
| 1968 | — | #713 | 111 | |
| 1967 | — | #742 | 98 | |
| 1966 | — | #655 | 128 | |
| 1965 | — | #658 | 127 | |
| 1964 | — | #637 | 149 | |
| 1963 | — | #578 | 187 | |
| 1962 | — | #564 | 195 | |
| 1961 | — | #561 | 196 | |
| 1960 | — | #531 | 222 | |
| 1959 | — | #531 | 219 | |
| 1958 | — | #513 | 227 | |
| 1957 | — | #486 | 260 | |
| 1956 | — | #475 | 254 | |
| 1955 | — | #454 | 268 | |
| 1954 | — | #447 | 261 | |
| 1953 | — | #438 | 263 | |
| 1952 | — | #424 | 268 | |
| 1951 | — | #395 | 296 | |
| 1950 | — | #404 | 280 | |
| 1949 | — | #406 | 273 | |
| 1948 | — | #402 | 286 | |
| 1947 | — | #390 | 311 | |
| 1946 | — | #391 | 279 | |
| 1945 | — | #376 | 256 | |
| 1944 | — | #371 | 265 | |
| 1943 | — | #365 | 282 | |
| 1942 | — | #368 | 273 | |
| 1941 | — | #347 | 279 | |
| 1940 | — | #339 | 282 | |
| 1939 | — | #312 | 319 | |
| 1938 | — | #317 | 299 | |
| 1937 | — | #317 | 289 | |
| 1936 | — | #336 | 267 | |
| 1935 | — | #345 | 255 | |
| 1934 | — | #333 | 266 | |
| 1933 | — | #348 | 241 | |
| 1932 | — | #341 | 260 | |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | #342 | 255 |
| 1930 | — | #354 | 259 | |
| 1929 | — | #329 | 282 | |
| 1928 | — | #324 | 299 | |
| 1927 | — | #361 | 261 | |
| 1926 | — | #340 | 293 | |
| 1925 | — | #352 | 280 | |
| 1924 | — | #345 | 291 | |
| 1923 | — | #352 | 279 | |
| 1922 | — | #345 | 293 | |
| 1921 | — | #355 | 288 | |
| 1920 | — | #348 | 284 | |
| 1919 | — | #343 | 270 | |
| 1918 | — | #327 | 304 | |
| 1917 | — | #324 | 280 | |
| 1916 | — | #358 | 227 | |
| 1915 | — | #333 | 252 | |
| 1914 | — | #350 | 178 | |
| 1913 | — | #337 | 148 | |
| 1912 | — | #369 | 109 | |
| 1911 | — | #340 | 64 | |
| 1910 | — | #391 | 45 | |
| 1909 | — | #348 | 45 | |
| 1908 | — | #349 | 42 | |
| 1907 | — | #286 | 54 | |
| 1906 | — | #378 | 32 | |
| 1905 | — | #410 | 27 | |
| 1904 | — | #288 | 44 | |
| 1903 | — | #411 | 23 | |
| 1902 | — | #348 | 32 | |
| 1901 | — | #399 | 22 | |
| 1900 | — | #307 | 46 | |
| 1899 | — | #281 | 38 | |
| 1898 | — | #324 | 35 | |
| 1897 | — | #346 | 29 | |
| 1896 | — | #323 | 34 | |
| 1895 | — | #289 | 38 | |
| 1894 | — | #271 | 42 | |
| 1893 | — | #299 | 34 | |
| 1892 | — | #380 | 25 | |
| 1891 | — | #333 | 26 | |
| 1890 | — | #237 | 49 | |
| 1889 | — | #332 | 28 | |
| 1888 | — | #330 | 30 | |
| 1887 | — | #311 | 28 | |
| 1886 | — | #288 | 35 | |
| 1885 | — | #332 | 26 | |
| 1884 | — | #360 | 24 | |
| 1883 | — | #298 | 30 | |
| 1882 | — | #298 | 33 | |
| 1881 | — | #395 | 18 | |
| 1880 | — | #286 | 33 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Ned was already there! It came in at #286, and was given to 33 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2017, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Ned is popular in 1916
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Utah#143 · 1 in 565
- North Carolina#202 · 1 in 1,323
- Ohio#210 · 1 in 2,137
- Georgia#217 · 1 in 1,633
- Mississippi#247 · 1 in 1,621
Best ever in a state: #69 in Utah, 1917.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #143 | 7 | 1 in 565 |
| North Carolina | #202 | 19 | 1 in 1,323 |
| Ohio | #210 | 19 | 1 in 2,137 |
| Georgia | #217 | 16 | 1 in 1,633 |
| Mississippi | #247 | 10 | 1 in 1,621 |
| South Carolina | #247 | 9 | 1 in 1,862 |
| Iowa | #266 | 7 | 1 in 2,579 |
| Pennsylvania | #274 | 18 | 1 in 4,076 |
| Indiana | #285 | 6 | 1 in 3,392 |
| Michigan | #306 | 8 | 1 in 3,447 |
| Wisconsin | #325 | 5 | 1 in 4,012 |
| Louisiana | #348 | 6 | 1 in 2,471 |
| Oklahoma | #360 | 5 | 1 in 3,111 |
| Texas | #371 | 14 | 1 in 2,733 |
| Alabama | #386 | 6 | 1 in 3,529 |
| Missouri | #405 | 5 | 1 in 4,921 |
| Illinois | #412 | 7 | 1 in 7,100 |
| New York | #462 | 8 | 1 in 10,035 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Ned
- 1,653 spots since 2024 (#7,257 → #8,910)
- 3,675 spots since 2020 (#5,235 → #8,910)
- 3,621 spots since 2015 (#5,289 → #8,910)
- Biggest jump: 134 spots in 1974 (#1,037 → #903)
- Biggest drop: 162 spots in 1972 (#767 → #929)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1890 at #237 (49 births)
- Births halved by 1901, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 96 yrs · run 1880–1972
- Highest: 1 in 2,266 boys born in 1890 were named Ned (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 16.5% of all boys named Ned (2,850) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 285 | #286 (1880) | #323 |
| 1890s | 350 | #237 (1890) | #308 |
| 1900s | 367 | #286 (1907) | #352 |
| 1910s | 1,877 | #324 (1917) | #347 |
| 1920s | 2,850 | #324 (1928) | #345 |
| 1930s | 2,710 | #312 (1939) | #335 |
| 1940s | 2,786 | #339 (1940) | #376 |
| 1950s | 2,596 | #395 (1951) | #457 |
| 1960s | 1,533 | #531 (1960) | #635 |
| 1970s | 777 | #767 (1971) | #968 |
| 1980s | 513 | #1,055 (1980) | #1,417 |
| 1990s | 281 | #1,685 (1990) | #2,905 |
| 2000s | 178 | #3,528 (2005) | #4,937 |
| 2010s | 123 | #5,289 (2015) | #6,977 |
| 2020s | 66 | #5,235 (2020) | #7,726 |
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.
Ned in 1916
Top boys' names in 1916
More about 1916
boys
890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 3,921 of them was named Ned, which outranked 92.1% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.