Ned
Ned is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 11 births. Its best rank was 240th, in 1890.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 110.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1939319 births
- Best rank
- #240in 1890
- Since 1880
- 17,284people given the name
The story in the numbers
17,284 boys have been named Ned in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1939, with 319 births.
The name has all but left use: 11 births in 2024, against 319 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1940, and the 1920s alone account for 16%. It has spent 96 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Ned | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 285 | |
| 1890s | 350 | |
| 1900s | 367 | |
| 1910s | 1,877 | |
| 1920s | 2,850 | |
| 1930s | 2,710 | |
| 1940s | 2,786 | |
| 1950s | 2,596 | |
| 1960s | 1,533 | |
| 1970s | 777 | |
| 1980s | 513 | |
| 1990s | 281 | |
| 2000s | 178 | |
| 2010s | 123 | |
| 2020s | 58 |
In 1939, its biggest year
Ned was the 312th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1939 were Robert, James, John, William and Richard. See all of 1939.
Names that rose and fell with Ned
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Joepeak 1936
- Raypeak 1926
- Sanfordpeak 1929
- Edwardpeak 1924
- Petepeak 1959
- Dudleypeak 1931
- Shermanpeak 1950
- Edmondpeak 1920
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.