Ned
3 countries#8910 in United States, 2025US
#8910
in United States, 2025
FR
20
total births, France
NI
13
total births, Northern Ireland
Total births recorded
17,330
Peak year (United States)
1939
Peak-year count
319
First recorded
1880
Popularity across 3 countries
Each line is scaled to its own peak, so you can compare when Ned was in fashion in each country, whatever the population size.
United StatesFranceNorthern Ireland
Country by country
United States
17,297 births recorded 1880–2025 · currently #8910 · peaked in 1939 with 319 births
Most common in: Ohio, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Indiana, New York
Source: Social Security Administration, official birth-registration data
France
20 births recorded 1988–2017 · peaked in 1988 with 4 births
Source: INSEE, official birth-registration data
Northern Ireland
13 births recorded 2012–2023 · peaked in 2022 with 4 births
Source: NISRA, official birth-registration data
United States rank history
Ned’s rank among boys’ names, most recent 20 years on record.
| Year | Rank | vs. prior yr |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | #5303 | — |
| 2007 | #5434 | ↓131 |
| 2008 | #6763 | ↓1329 |
| 2009 | #7236 | ↓473 |
| 2010 | #7087 | ↑149 |
| 2011 | #5433 | ↑1654 |
| 2012 | #6626 | ↓1193 |
| 2013 | #5923 | ↑703 |
| 2014 | #7048 | ↓1125 |
| 2015 | #5289 | ↑1759 |
| 2016 | #7605 | ↓2316 |
| 2017 | #12246 | ↓4641 |
| 2018 | #6703 | ↑5543 |
| 2019 | #5813 | ↑890 |
| 2020 | #5235 | ↑578 |
| 2021 | #8166 | ↓2931 |
| 2022 | #10863 | ↓2697 |
| 2023 | #5927 | ↑4936 |
| 2024 | #7257 | ↓1330 |
| 2025 | #8910 | ↓1653 |