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.
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 1931
Top girls' names in 1931
Top boys' names in 1931
More about 1931
girls
1,064,728 girls got a published name in 1931; 1 in 212,946 of them was named Ned, which outranked 13.0% of the 4,979 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 648 names at #4,331; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,039,665 boys got a published name in 1931; 1 in 4,077 of them was named Ned, which outranked 92.1% of the 4,321 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).