Needham is a rare boys' name that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Needham is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1962. Needham was first reported in SSA data in 1884 and peaked in 1923 (15 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 5 | — | #4,461 |
| 1958 | 5 | — | #4,340 |
| 1956 | 7 | — | #3,437 |
| 1954 | 5 | — | #4,191 |
| 1953 | 7 | — | #3,337 |
| 1952 | 8 | — | #3,031 |
| 1949 | 8 | — | #2,949 |
| 1948 | 5 | — | #4,031 |
| 1946 | 6 | — | #3,416 |
| 1943 | 10 | — | #2,511 |
| 1942 | 8 | — | #2,877 |
| 1941 | 6 | — | #3,393 |
| 1940 | 5 | — | #3,798 |
| 1939 | 6 | — | #3,372 |
| 1937 | 5 | — | #3,876 |
| 1936 | 6 | — | #3,427 |
| 1935 | 5 | — | #4,007 |
| 1933 | 7 | — | #3,197 |
| 1932 | 10 | — | #2,582 |
| 1930 | 9 | — | #2,939 |
| 1929 | 6 | — | #3,828 |
| 1928 | 9 | — | #3,001 |
| 1927 | 15 | — | #2,170 |
| 1926 | 12 | — | #2,518 |
| 1925 | 6 | — | #4,055 |
| 1924 | 13 | — | #2,436 |
| 1923 | 15 | — | #2,198 |
| 1922 | 13 | — | #2,441 |
| 1921 | 12 | — | #2,587 |
| 1920 | 6 | — | #4,134 |
| 1919 | 11 | — | #2,617 |
| 1918 | 9 | — | #3,029 |
| 1917 | 8 | — | #3,124 |
| 1916 | 8 | — | #3,105 |
| 1915 | 7 | — | #3,288 |
| 1914 | 8 | — | #2,583 |
| 1913 | 6 | — | #2,701 |
| 1898 | 5 | — | #1,249 |
| 1895 | 5 | — | #1,201 |
| 1893 | 6 | — | #995 |
| 1890 | 10 | — | #654 |
| 1884 | 5 | — | #1,078 |