How Many People Are Named Ned?
people named Ned are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 52,760 people in the US has this name
Based on 17,297 babies named Ned in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
319 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of EDWARD or EDMUND. It has been used since the 14th century, and may have had root in the medieval affectionate phrase mine Ed, which was later reinterpreted as my Ned.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ned in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ned alive today is about 63 years old, and 66% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 53 and 76 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ned first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1939, to 319 babies. In 2025, 8 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ned has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #240, in 1890. In 2025 it ranked #9,448.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #9,448 |
| Best rank | #240 (1890) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #345 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ned alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ned were born in Ohio than in any other state: about 480 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ned was given 6.1 times as often in Utah, 2.6 times in North Carolina and 2.4 times in Ohio.
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