Ned
Boy · NED · Old English
Ned is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “wealthy guardian”. In 2025 it ranked 790th for boys in the UK (47 babies) and 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Ned mean?
Old English: pet form of Edward and Edmund
“wealthy guardian”
A traditional pet form of Edward, probably from 'mine Ed'; Ned Kelly was a notorious 19th-century Australian outlaw.
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Is Ned a girl's or a boy's name?
Ned is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 47 boys in the UK and 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ned in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #790among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 47about 1 in 6,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 47 boys in the UK were named Ned, making it the 790th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 737th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 88 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ned in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 735th in England and Wales.
Ned in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | #790 |
| 2024 | 37 | #923 |
| 2023 | 47 | #779 |
| 2022 | 68 | #606 |
| 2021 | 64 | #640 |
| 2020 | 50 | #737 |
| 2019 | 73 | #571 |
| 2018 | 80 | #540 |
| 2017 | 71 | #598 |
| 2016 | 66 | #612 |
| 2015 | 64 | #621 |
| 2014 | 63 | #626 |
| 2013 | 64 | #608 |
| 2012 | 71 | #568 |
| 2011 | 66 | #578 |
| 2010 | 68 | #560 |
| 2009 | 51 | #686 |
| 2008 | 79 | #500 |
| 2007 | 82 | #460 |
| 2006 | 88 | #423 |
| 2005 | 87 | #391 |
| 2004 | 64 | #469 |
| 2003 | 76 | #389 |
| 2002 | 32 | #667 |
| 2001 | 28 | #707 |
| 2000 | 36 | #589 |
| 1999 | 17 | #959 |
| 1998 | 18 | #906 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,241 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,290 |
How popular is Ned in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Ned, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 1939, with 319 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ned in the US since 1880 were born between 1925 and 1956, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ned in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 27 | #3,524 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,855 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 21 | #3,904 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,015 |
| 1997 | 23 | #3,155 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 28 | #2,621 |
| 1994 | 22 | #3,103 |
| 1993 | 39 | #2,045 |
| 1992 | 37 | #2,080 |
| 1991 | 34 | #2,137 |
| 1990 | 48 | #1,680 |
| 1989 | 47 | #1,653 |
| 1988 | 42 | #1,666 |
| 1987 | 37 | #1,758 |
| 1986 | 37 | #1,693 |
| 1985 | 51 | #1,353 |
| 1984 | 46 | #1,398 |
| 1983 | 51 | #1,295 |
| 1982 | 61 | #1,178 |
| 1981 | 68 | #1,101 |
| 1980 | 73 | #1,055 |
| 1979 | 73 | #1,034 |
| 1978 | 47 | #1,326 |
| 1977 | 72 | #1,012 |
| 1976 | 77 | #946 |
| 1975 | 81 | #911 |
| 1974 | 80 | #903 |
| 1973 | 61 | #1,037 |
| 1972 | 74 | #929 |
| 1971 | 114 | #767 |
| 1970 | 98 | #818 |
| 1969 | 120 | #715 |
| 1968 | 111 | #713 |
| 1967 | 98 | #742 |
| 1966 | 128 | #655 |
| 1965 | 127 | #658 |
| 1964 | 149 | #637 |
| 1963 | 187 | #578 |
| 1962 | 195 | #564 |
| 1961 | 196 | #561 |
| 1960 | 222 | #531 |
| 1959 | 219 | #531 |
| 1958 | 227 | #512 |
| 1957 | 260 | #485 |
| 1956 | 254 | #474 |
| 1955 | 268 | #453 |
| 1954 | 261 | #446 |
| 1953 | 263 | #437 |
| 1952 | 268 | #423 |
| 1951 | 296 | #394 |
| 1950 | 280 | #403 |
| 1949 | 273 | #405 |
| 1948 | 286 | #402 |
| 1947 | 311 | #390 |
| 1946 | 279 | #391 |
| 1945 | 256 | #376 |
| 1944 | 265 | #371 |
| 1943 | 282 | #365 |
| 1942 | 273 | #368 |
| 1941 | 279 | #347 |
| 1940 | 282 | #339 |
| 1939 | 319 | #312 |
| 1938 | 299 | #317 |
| 1937 | 289 | #317 |
| 1936 | 267 | #336 |
| 1935 | 255 | #345 |
| 1934 | 266 | #333 |
| 1933 | 241 | #348 |
| 1932 | 260 | #341 |
| 1931 | 255 | #342 |
| 1930 | 259 | #354 |
| 1929 | 282 | #329 |
| 1928 | 299 | #324 |
| 1927 | 261 | #361 |
| 1926 | 293 | #340 |
| 1925 | 280 | #352 |
| 1924 | 291 | #345 |
| 1923 | 279 | #352 |
| 1922 | 293 | #345 |
| 1921 | 288 | #355 |
| 1920 | 284 | #348 |
| 1919 | 270 | #343 |
| 1918 | 304 | #327 |
| 1917 | 280 | #324 |
| 1916 | 227 | #358 |
| 1915 | 252 | #333 |
| 1914 | 178 | #350 |
| 1913 | 148 | #337 |
| 1912 | 109 | #369 |
| 1911 | 64 | #340 |
| 1910 | 45 | #391 |
| 1909 | 45 | #348 |
| 1908 | 42 | #349 |
| 1907 | 54 | #286 |
| 1906 | 32 | #378 |
| 1905 | 27 | #410 |
| 1904 | 44 | #288 |
| 1903 | 23 | #411 |
| 1902 | 32 | #348 |
| 1901 | 22 | #399 |
| 1900 | 46 | #307 |
| 1899 | 38 | #281 |
| 1898 | 35 | #324 |
| 1897 | 29 | #346 |
| 1896 | 34 | #323 |
| 1895 | 38 | #289 |
| 1894 | 42 | #271 |
| 1893 | 34 | #299 |
| 1892 | 25 | #380 |
| 1891 | 26 | #333 |
| 1890 | 49 | #237 |
| 1889 | 28 | #332 |
| 1888 | 30 | #330 |
| 1887 | 28 | #311 |
| 1886 | 35 | #288 |
| 1885 | 26 | #332 |
| 1884 | 24 | #360 |
| 1883 | 30 | #298 |
| 1882 | 33 | #298 |
| 1881 | 18 | #395 |
| 1880 | 33 | #286 |
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