Meaning and history
Ned is a diminutive of Edward or Edmund. It has been used since the 14th century and may have originated in the medieval affectionate phrase mine Ed, later reinterpreted as my Ned.
20062006: 16 births, rank #5,303
2007: 16 births, rank #5,434
2008: 12 births, rank #6,763
2009: 11 births, rank #7,236
2010: 11 births, rank #7,087
20112011: 16 births, rank #5,433
2012: 12 births, rank #6,626
2013: 14 births, rank #5,923
2014: 11 births, rank #7,048
2015: 17 births, rank #5,289
20162016: 10 births, rank #7,605
2017: 5 births, rank #12,246
2018: 12 births, rank #6,703
2019: 15 births, rank #5,813
2020: 17 births, rank #5,235
20212021: 9 births, rank #8,166
2022: 6 births, rank #10,863
2023: 15 births, rank #5,927
2024: 11 births, rank #7,257
20252025: 8 births, rank #8,910
Ned moved from #914 to #955 for boys between 1975 and 1976. Its highest annual birth count came in 1939, with 319 births.