Negan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NEE-gan
- US rank, 2025
- #4,538 for boys
Negan is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).
What does Negan mean?
Known from The Walking Dead comics and TV series
Negan is the bat-wielding antagonist of Robert Kirkman's comic series The Walking Dead and its TV adaptation.
Is Negan a girl's or a boy's name?
Negan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Negan in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 17 boys.
Half of all the boys named Negan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Negan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,563 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
How popular is Negan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,538th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22 about 1 in 78,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Negan, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,915th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 44 boys. It first appears in the records in 2016.
Half of all the boys named Negan in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Negan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,538 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 35 | #3,345 |
| 2022 | 28 | #3,876 |
| 2021 | 30 | #3,647 |
| 2020 | 26 | #3,915 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,226 |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,053 |
| 2017 | 44 | #2,754 |
| 2016 | 24 | #4,198 |
Names like Negan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn, Ronan, Conan, Kayden, Lochlan, Keegan, Conlan, Declan, Callan, Rogan, Brogan, Cassian
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Negan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/negan, updated 20 October 2026.