Ned

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Ned is an English given name and variant of Ed, sometimes short for Edward, Edmund, Edgar, or Edwin.

From Wikipedia

Ned first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1939 with 319 babies (rank #312 that year). In 2024 it was given to 11 boys (rank #7,567). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Ned

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Ned yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

5Destiny numberThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
5Soul urgeThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
9PersonalityThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

17,289

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

319

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Also a character in

In Game of Thrones: Eddard 'Ned' Stark — Warden of the North

Famous people named Ned

Ned Kellybushranger · b. 1854
Ned Beattyfilm actor · b. 1937
Ned Zelicassociation football player · b. 1971
Ned Flandershead teacher · b. 1959
Ned Lukefilm actor · b. 1958

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	33	#289
1881	18	#406
1882	33	#303
1883	30	#304
1884	24	#367
1885	26	#340
1886	35	#293
1887	28	#318
1888	30	#340
1889	28	#334
1890	49	#240
1891	26	#337
1892	25	#382
1893	34	#299
1894	42	#273
1895	38	#293
1896	34	#327
1897	29	#350
1898	35	#327
1899	38	#284
1900	46	#310
1901	22	#404
1902	32	#351
1903	23	#426
1904	44	#292
1905	27	#419
1906	32	#383
1907	54	#291
1908	42	#352
1909	45	#351
1910	45	#392
1911	64	#342
1912	109	#369
1913	148	#337
1914	178	#351
1915	252	#334
1916	227	#358
1917	280	#325
1918	304	#327
1919	270	#343
1920	284	#350
1921	288	#355
1922	293	#346
1923	279	#353
1924	291	#345
1925	280	#353
1926	293	#340
1927	261	#361
1928	299	#324
1929	282	#329
1930	259	#354
1931	255	#343
1932	260	#341
1933	241	#348
1934	266	#334
1935	255	#346
1936	267	#336
1937	289	#318
1938	299	#319
1939	319	#312
1940	282	#339
1941	279	#347
1942	273	#368
1943	282	#367
1944	265	#371
1945	256	#376
1946	279	#391
1947	311	#390
1948	286	#403
1949	273	#406
1950	280	#404
1951	296	#396
1952	268	#426
1953	263	#439
1954	261	#447
1955	268	#454
1956	254	#475
1957	260	#486
1958	227	#513
1959	219	#532
1960	222	#531
1961	196	#561
1962	195	#565
1963	187	#583
1964	149	#639
1965	127	#659
1966	128	#655
1967	98	#748
1968	111	#715
1969	120	#717
1970	98	#822
1971	114	#770
1972	74	#934
1973	61	#1,044
1974	80	#909
1975	81	#914
1976	77	#955
1977	72	#1,017
1978	47	#1,343
1979	73	#1,038
1980	73	#1,063
1981	68	#1,108
1982	61	#1,187
1983	51	#1,307
1984	46	#1,417
1985	51	#1,367
1986	37	#1,716
1987	37	#1,781
1988	42	#1,695
1989	47	#1,671
1990	48	#1,694
1991	34	#2,181
1992	37	#2,117
1993	39	#2,074
1994	22	#3,183
1995	28	#2,667
1996	15	#4,329
1997	23	#3,236
1998	17	#4,139
1999	18	#4,106
2000	15	#4,976
2001	19	#4,240
2002	21	#4,005
2003	18	#4,566
2004	23	#3,965
2005	27	#3,587
2006	16	#5,462
2007	16	#5,616
2008	12	#7,070
2009	11	#7,556
2010	11	#7,437
2011	16	#5,598
2012	12	#6,911
2013	14	#6,146
2014	11	#7,393
2015	17	#5,450
2016	10	#7,977
2017	5	#13,661
2018	12	#6,997
2019	15	#6,018
2020	17	#5,396
2021	9	#8,630
2022	6	#11,869
2023	15	#6,131
2024	11	#7,567