Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Ned

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Ned
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 96.6% from peak

Peak era

1939

Peak rank proxy

319

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Silent Generation

1880Peak 19392024

Peak year

1939

Decline from peak

96.6%

2024

All-time

17,284

Ned once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1939, when 319 boys were named Ned.

In 2024, only 11 boys were given the name.

Down 96.6% from its peak.

All told, about 17,284 Americans have been named Ned and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.6% from peak

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