Ned is an established boys' name that peaked in 1939 and has since faded.
Ned is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #9,452 for boy births in the United States (and #19,556 across all names), given to 8 babies. Ned was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1939 (319 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,452 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,604 |
| 2023 | 15 | 15 | — | #6,136 |
| 2022 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,876 |
| 2021 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,635 |
| 2020 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,399 |
| 2019 | 15 | 15 | — | #6,021 |
| 2018 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,997 |
| 2017 | 5 | 5 | — | #13,665 |
| 2016 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,979 |
| 2015 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,450 |
| 2014 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,395 |
| 2013 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,147 |
| 2012 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,913 |
| 2011 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,598 |
| 2010 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,437 |
| 2009 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,556 |
| 2008 | 12 | 12 | — | #7,070 |
| 2007 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,616 |
| 2006 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,462 |
| 2005 | 27 | 27 | — | #3,588 |
| 2004 | 23 | 23 | — | #3,965 |
| 2003 | 18 | 18 | — | #4,566 |
| 2002 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,005 |
| 2001 | 19 | 19 | — | #4,241 |
| 2000 | 15 | 15 | — | #4,976 |
| 1999 | 18 | 18 | — | #4,106 |
| 1998 | 17 | 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 | 260 | — | #4,792 | #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 |