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How popular is “Ned” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ned” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Ned” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Ned” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Ned” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Ned” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Ned” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ned” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 33 0.000163785 33 -100%
1881 18 0.000093415 18 -100%
1882 33 0.000148962 33 -100%
1883 30 0.000138283 30 -100%
1884 24 0.000098578 24 -100%
1885 26 0.000107949 26 -100%
1886 35 0.000137085 35 -100%
1887 28 0.000113181 28 -100%
1888 30 0.000100176 30 -100%
1889 28 0.000096904 28 -100%
1890 49 0.000162574 49 -100%
1891 26 0.000090696 26 -100%
1892 25 0.000074767 25 -100%
1893 34 0.000104544 34 -100%
1894 42 0.000124007 42 -100%
1895 38 0.000108256 38 -100%
1896 34 0.000095109 34 -100%
1897 29 0.000083584 29 -100%
1898 35 0.000091754 35 -100%
1899 38 0.000112017 38 -100%
1900 46 0.000102164 46 -100%
1901 22 0.000063618 22 -100%
1902 32 0.000082744 32 -100%
1903 23 0.000060336 23 -100%
1904 44 0.00010905 44 -100%
1905 27 0.000063691 27 -100%
1906 32 0.000074688 32 -100%
1907 54 0.000116032 54 -100%
1908 42 0.000085951 42 -100%
1909 45 0.000088024 45 -100%
1910 45 0.000076179 45 -100%
1911 64 0.000099336 64 -100%
1912 109 0.000110317 109 -100%
1913 148 0.000130155 148 -100%
1914 178 0.000125676 178 -100%
1915 252 0.000137523 252 -100%
1916 227 0.000117348 227 -100%
1917 280 0.000139529 280 -100%
1918 304 0.00014002 304 -100%
1919 270 0.000127947 270 -100%
1920 284 0.000125517 284 -100%
1921 288 0.000123367 288 -100%
1922 293 0.000127995 293 -100%
1923 279 0.000121174 279 -100%
1924 291 0.000122186 291 -100%
1925 280 0.000120002 280 -100%
1926 293 0.000127619 293 -100%
1927 261 0.000112531 261 -100%
1928 299 0.000132246 299 -100%
1929 282 0.00012864 282 -100%
1930 259 0.000116494 259 -100%
1931 260 0.000123551 5 255 -96%
1932 260 0.000123147 260 -100%
1933 241 0.000120533 241 -100%
1934 266 0.000128081 266 -100%
1935 255 0.000122015 255 -100%
1936 267 0.000128515 267 -100%
1937 289 0.000135638 289 -100%
1938 299 0.000135137 299 -100%
1939 319 0.000144773 319 -100%
1940 282 0.000122466 282 -100%
1941 279 0.000114512 279 -100%
1942 273 0.000099933 273 -100%
1943 282 0.000099909 282 -100%
1944 265 0.00009851 265 -100%
1945 256 0.000096498 256 -100%
1946 279 0.000087316 279 -100%
1947 311 0.000086333 311 -100%
1948 286 0.000082838 286 -100%
1949 273 0.000078341 273 -100%
1950 280 0.000079923 280 -100%
1951 296 0.000080353 296 -100%
1952 268 0.000070563 268 -100%
1953 263 0.000068247 263 -100%
1954 261 0.000065566 261 -100%
1955 268 0.000066748 268 -100%
1956 254 0.000061605 254 -100%
1957 260 0.000061873 260 -100%
1958 227 0.000054912 227 -100%
1959 219 0.00005267 219 -100%
1960 222 0.000053445 222 -100%
1961 196 0.000047317 196 -100%
1962 195 0.000048323 195 -100%
1963 187 0.000047244 187 -100%
1964 149 0.000038327 149 -100%
1965 127 0.00003503 127 -100%
1966 128 0.000036828 128 -100%
1967 98 0.000028867 98 -100%
1968 111 0.000032856 111 -100%
1969 120 0.000034529 120 -100%
1970 98 0.000027173 98 -100%
1971 114 0.000033213 114 -100%
1972 74 0.000023544 74 -100%
1973 61 0.00002022 61 -100%
1974 80 0.000026316 80 -100%
1975 81 0.000026827 81 -100%
1976 77 0.000025377 77 -100%
1977 72 0.000022666 72 -100%
1978 47 0.000014808 47 -100%
1979 73 0.000021942 73 -100%
1980 73 0.000021193 73 -100%
1981 68 0.000019657 68 -100%
1982 61 0.000017389 61 -100%
1983 51 0.000014726 51 -100%
1984 46 0.000013185 46 -100%
1985 51 0.000014289 51 -100%
1986 37 0.000010402 37 -100%
1987 37 0.000010262 37 -100%
1988 42 0.000011367 42 -100%
1989 47 0.000012225 47 -100%
1990 48 0.000012144 48 -100%
1991 34 0.000008729 34 -100%
1992 37 0.000009632 37 -100%
1993 39 0.000010344 39 -100%
1994 22 0.000005918 22 -100%
1995 28 0.000007646 28 -100%
1996 15 0.000004113 15 -100%
1997 23 0.000006344 23 -100%
1998 17 0.000004622 17 -100%
1999 18 0.000004873 18 -100%
2000 15 0.000003968 15 -100%
2001 19 0.000005076 19 -100%
2002 21 0.000005618 21 -100%
2003 18 0.000004734 18 -100%
2004 23 0.000006019 23 -100%
2005 27 0.000007022 27 -100%
2006 16 0.000004044 16 -100%
2007 16 0.000004002 16 -100%
2008 12 0.000003053 12 -100%
2009 11 0.000002879 11 -100%
2010 11 0.000002976 11 -100%
2011 16 0.000004374 16 -100%
2012 12 0.000003281 12 -100%
2013 14 0.00000384 14 -100%
2014 11 0.000002968 11 -100%
2015 17 0.000004593 17 -100%
2016 10 0.000002726 10 -100%
2017 5 0.000001398 5 -100%
2018 12 0.000003413 12 -100%
2019 15 0.000004322 15 -100%
2020 17 0.000005089 17 -100%
2021 9 0.000002656 9 -100%
2022 6 0.000001774 6 -100%
2023 15 0.00000453 15 -100%
2024 11 0.000003305 11 -100%

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