Boy
Ned
Ned is a boy's name, a distinctive, less common pick, that was at its most popular in the 1920s and is rarely chosen now.
EtymologyDiminutive of Edward
EtymologyMeaning "wealthy guardian"
Births by decade
1900s
367
1910s
1,877
1920s
2,851
1930s
2,713
1940s
2,787
1950s
2,595
1960s
1,535
1970s
779
1980s
513
1990s
281
2000s
178
2010s
96
Peaked in the 1920s · 16,572 total U.S. births since 1900