Ned

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Ned: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Ned: Recorded since 1989, it reached #193 in 2021, and it stood at #272 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
58times a registrar ranked it
37years from first to last
#193highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1235
1997	#1174
1998	#850
1999	#906
2000	#543
2001	#654
2002	#611
2003	#360
2004	#431
2005	#363
2006	#389
2007	#427
2008	#453
2009	#627
2010	#518
2011	#546
2012	#538
2013	#560
2014	#566
2015	#577
2016	#580
2017	#546
2018	#492
2019	#526
2020	#679
2021	#592
2022	#585
2023	#754
2024	#857

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 25 of the 37 years from 1989 to 2025.

In 2024: #240 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #857 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1989–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1989
First recorded at #307 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1989 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1989–2025
Highest recorded position: #193 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2021 (recorded 1989–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #272 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Ned appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 1,614 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1989.

Ned across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Ned's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#307 (1989)	#193 (2021)	#272 (2025)	25 of 37	288 (1989–2025)	28 (2018)
England and Wales · Boys	#1235 (1996)	#360 (2003)	#857 (2024)	29 of 29	1,614 (1996–2024)	88 (2006)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#403 (2012)	#352 (2022)	#395 (2023)	4 of 12	13 (2012–2023)	4 (2022)

Ned by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Ned in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	56	4 of 10	14
2000s	622	10 of 10	62
2010sbusiest	677	10 of 10	68
2020s	259	5 of 10	52

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 68 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2002 and 2003, when recorded births rose by 44, from 32 to 76.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Ned appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1989 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #193 in Republic of Ireland in 2021.

Ned's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#857	37	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#754	44	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#585	64	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#592	64	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#679	50	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#526	72	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#492	80	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#546	71	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#580	63	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#577	64	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#566	63	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#560	64	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#538	68	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#546	64	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#518	68	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#627	51	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#453	79	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#427	82	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#389	88	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#363	87	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#431	64	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#360	76	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#611	32	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#654	28	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#543	35	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#906	17	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#850	18	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1174	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1235	10	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#395	3	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#352	4	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#421	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#403	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#272	16	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#240	18	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#224	20	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#239	20	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#193	27	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#211	23	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#202	26	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#200	28	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#394	9	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	7	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#421	8	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#468	7	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	7	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#430	8	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#455	7	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	7	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#366	10	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#386	9	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#374	8	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	6	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	4	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#379	3	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1989 and 2025, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #193, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 88 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 23 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Nedas · #403, 16y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ayat · #193, 26y
Keane · #193, 30y
Dayna · #192, 34y
Kallum · #194, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Caomhan · #192, 20y
Dayna · #192, 34y
Ilyas · #194, 34y
Kirstie · #194, 28y

Ned was ranked #193 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2021. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Ned and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ned without appearing here.

Ned moved ahead of

Shannon Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1235 and #1168 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #1174 and #1761.
Graeme Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1174 and #874 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #850 and #1367.
Kim Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1174 and #1174 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #850 and #1367.
Garry Compare
In 1999 they stood at #906 and #750 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #543 and #1048.

Moved ahead of Ned

Tadhg Compare
In 2022 they stood at #585 and #600 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #754 and #419.
Arlo Compare
In 2008 they stood at #453 and #567 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #627 and #311.
Mathias Compare
In 2019 they stood at #526 and #541 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #679 and #467.
Ollie Compare
In 2003 they stood at #360 and #377 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #431 and #255.

Moved the opposite way to Ned

Brent Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Ned went from #1235 to #585 while Brent went from #898 to #3449.
Tor Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Ned went from #1235 to #585 while Tor went from #2020 to #3449.
Bailey Compare
Between 1999 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ned went from #379 to #224 while Bailey went from #266 to #516.
Brooke Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Ned went from #1235 to #679 while Brooke went from #2357 to #4608.

Moved the same way as Ned

Espen Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ned went from #611 to #857 and Espen from #3225 to #5119.
Beau Compare
Between 2004 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ned went from #506 to #272 and Beau from #506 to #152.
Jayden Compare
Between 2004 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ned went from #506 to #272 and Jayden from #299 to #111.
Riley Compare
Between 2004 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ned went from #506 to #272 and Riley from #506 to #188.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1989 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #193 in Republic of Ireland in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ned

Ned at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ned across 3 official records

Ned by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ned appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Ned at a glance

Ned across 3 official records

Ned by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ned appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

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Ned and the names beside it

Ned moved ahead of

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