Ness
Boy
Ness is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
Is Ness a girl's or a boy's name?
Ness is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls and 8 boys in the US.
How popular is Ness in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Ness, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 2004. 8 girls were also named Ness in 2025 (10,913th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Ness in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ness in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
Names like Ness
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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