Meaning not yet researched.
Ned: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 8 in 2025. Its best rank was #240 in 1890.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #240 in 1890; #9,452 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Ned in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#9,452 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1890, at #240.
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Ned: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 8 boys in 2025. Peak: #240 in 1890 · most boys in one year: 319 (1939).
In 2025, 8 US boys were named Ned, making it the 9,452nd most common boys’ name of the year, down 1,848 places from #7,604 in 2024. That is 3 fewer than the 11 boys named Ned in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #240, reached in 1890. The most boys given the name in a single year was 319, in 1939. For comparison, it was #5,450 in 2015 and #404 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ned in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 33 babies with the name. In all, 17,297 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 2,850 babies named Ned.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 108 US boys were named Ned; the busiest of those years was 2020, with 17. In 2025 that was about 1 in 213,510 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Rarer spellings such as Nyad are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Nyad (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Ned in the open dataset we use.
Ned is listed as a nickname for Edmund, Edward, Edwin.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 8 | #9,452 |
| 2024 | — | — | 11 | #7,604 |
| 2023 | — | — | 15 | #6,136 |
| 2022 | — | — | 6 | #11,876 |
| 2021 | — | — | 9 | #8,635 |
| 2020 | — | — | 17 | #5,399 |
| 2019 | — | — | 15 | #6,021 |
| 2018 | — | — | 12 | #6,997 |
| 2017 | — | — | 5 | #13,665 |
| 2016 | — | — | 10 | #7,979 |
| 2015 | — | — | 17 | #5,450 |
| 2014 | — | — | 11 | #7,395 |
| 2013 | — | — | 14 | #6,147 |
| 2012 | — | — | 12 | #6,913 |
| 2011 | — | — | 16 | #5,598 |
| 2010 | — | — | 11 | #7,437 |
| 2009 | — | — | 11 | #7,556 |
| 2008 | — | — | 12 | #7,070 |
| 2007 | — | — | 16 | #5,616 |
| 2006 | — | — | 16 | #5,462 |
| 2005 | — | — | 27 | #3,588 |
| 2004 | — | — | 23 | #3,965 |
| 2003 | — | — | 18 | #4,566 |
| 2002 | — | — | 21 | #4,005 |
| 2001 | — | — | 19 | #4,241 |
| 2000 | — | — | 15 | #4,976 |
| 1999 | — | — | 18 | #4,106 |
| 1998 | — | — | 17 | #4,139 |
| 1997 | — | — | 23 | #3,236 |
| 1996 | — | — | 15 | #4,329 |
| 1995 | — | — | 28 | #2,666 |
| 1994 | — | — | 22 | #3,184 |
| 1993 | — | — | 39 | #2,074 |
| 1992 | — | — | 37 | #2,117 |
| 1991 | — | — | 34 | #2,181 |
| 1990 | — | — | 48 | #1,694 |
| 1989 | — | — | 47 | #1,671 |
| 1988 | — | — | 42 | #1,695 |
| 1987 | — | — | 37 | #1,781 |
| 1986 | — | — | 37 | #1,716 |
| 1985 | — | — | 51 | #1,367 |
| 1984 | — | — | 46 | #1,417 |
| 1983 | — | — | 51 | #1,308 |
| 1982 | — | — | 61 | #1,187 |
| 1981 | — | — | 68 | #1,108 |
| 1980 | — | — | 73 | #1,063 |
| 1979 | — | — | 73 | #1,038 |
| 1978 | — | — | 47 | #1,343 |
| 1977 | — | — | 72 | #1,017 |
| 1976 | — | — | 77 | #955 |
| 1975 | — | — | 81 | #914 |
| 1974 | — | — | 80 | #909 |
| 1973 | — | — | 61 | #1,044 |
| 1972 | — | — | 74 | #934 |
| 1971 | — | — | 114 | #770 |
| 1970 | — | — | 98 | #822 |
| 1969 | — | — | 120 | #717 |
| 1968 | — | — | 111 | #715 |
| 1967 | — | — | 98 | #748 |
| 1966 | — | — | 128 | #655 |
| 1965 | — | — | 127 | #659 |
| 1964 | — | — | 149 | #639 |
| 1963 | — | — | 187 | #581 |
| 1962 | — | — | 195 | #565 |
| 1961 | — | — | 196 | #561 |
| 1960 | — | — | 222 | #531 |
| 1959 | — | — | 219 | #532 |
| 1958 | — | — | 227 | #513 |
| 1957 | — | — | 260 | #486 |
| 1956 | — | — | 254 | #475 |
| 1955 | — | — | 268 | #454 |
| 1954 | — | — | 261 | #447 |
| 1953 | — | — | 263 | #439 |
| 1952 | — | — | 268 | #425 |
| 1951 | — | — | 296 | #396 |
| 1950 | — | — | 280 | #404 |
| 1949 | — | — | 273 | #406 |
| 1948 | — | — | 286 | #403 |
| 1947 | — | — | 311 | #390 |
| 1946 | — | — | 279 | #391 |
| 1945 | — | — | 256 | #376 |
| 1944 | — | — | 265 | #371 |
| 1943 | — | — | 282 | #367 |
| 1942 | — | — | 273 | #368 |
| 1941 | — | — | 279 | #347 |
| 1940 | — | — | 282 | #339 |
| 1939 | — | — | 319 | #312 |
| 1938 | — | — | 299 | #319 |
| 1937 | — | — | 289 | #318 |
| 1936 | — | — | 267 | #336 |
| 1935 | — | — | 255 | #346 |
| 1934 | — | — | 266 | #334 |
| 1933 | — | — | 241 | #348 |
| 1932 | — | — | 260 | #341 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,792 | 255 | #343 |
| 1930 | — | — | 259 | #354 |
| 1929 | — | — | 282 | #329 |
| 1928 | — | — | 299 | #324 |
| 1927 | — | — | 261 | #361 |
| 1926 | — | — | 293 | #340 |
| 1925 | — | — | 280 | #353 |
| 1924 | — | — | 291 | #345 |
| 1923 | — | — | 279 | #353 |
| 1922 | — | — | 293 | #346 |
| 1921 | — | — | 288 | #355 |
| 1920 | — | — | 284 | #350 |
| 1919 | — | — | 270 | #343 |
| 1918 | — | — | 304 | #327 |
| 1917 | — | — | 280 | #325 |
| 1916 | — | — | 227 | #358 |
| 1915 | — | — | 252 | #334 |
| 1914 | — | — | 178 | #351 |
| 1913 | — | — | 148 | #337 |
| 1912 | — | — | 109 | #369 |
| 1911 | — | — | 64 | #342 |
| 1910 | — | — | 45 | #392 |
| 1909 | — | — | 45 | #351 |
| 1908 | — | — | 42 | #352 |
| 1907 | — | — | 54 | #291 |
| 1906 | — | — | 32 | #383 |
| 1905 | — | — | 27 | #419 |
| 1904 | — | — | 44 | #292 |
| 1903 | — | — | 23 | #426 |
| 1902 | — | — | 32 | #351 |
| 1901 | — | — | 22 | #404 |
| 1900 | — | — | 46 | #310 |
| 1899 | — | — | 38 | #284 |
| 1898 | — | — | 35 | #327 |
| 1897 | — | — | 29 | #350 |
| 1896 | — | — | 34 | #327 |
| 1895 | — | — | 38 | #293 |
| 1894 | — | — | 42 | #273 |
| 1893 | — | — | 34 | #299 |
| 1892 | — | — | 25 | #382 |
| 1891 | — | — | 26 | #337 |
| 1890 | — | — | 49 | #240 |
| 1889 | — | — | 28 | #334 |
| 1888 | — | — | 30 | #340 |
| 1887 | — | — | 28 | #318 |
| 1886 | — | — | 35 | #293 |
| 1885 | — | — | 26 | #340 |
| 1884 | — | — | 24 | #367 |
| 1883 | — | — | 30 | #304 |
| 1882 | — | — | 33 | #303 |
| 1881 | — | — | 18 | #406 |
| 1880 | — | — | 33 | #289 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).