Ned

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 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2006 with 88 babies (rank #391 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

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.

1,132

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1996	10	#1,304
1997	11	#1,234
1998	18	#876
1999	17	#935
2000	35	#552
2001	28	#660
2002	32	#627
2003	76	#363
2004	64	#434
2005	87	#364
2006	88	#391
2007	82	#429
2008	79	#457
2009	51	#636
2010	68	#520
2011	64	#551
2012	68	#540
2013	64	#563
2014	63	#570
2015	64	#581
2016	63	#583

Year

Babies

Rank

1996

#1,304

1997

#1,234

1998

#876

1999

#935

2000

#552

2001

#660

2002

#627

2003

#363

2004

#434

2005

#364

2006

#391

2007

#429

2008

#457

2009

#636

2010

#520

2011

#551

2012

#540

2013

#563

2014

#570

2015

#581

2016

#583