Negan

Negan was the #4,539 boys' name in the US in 2025 (22 babies).

Negan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Negan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020US
Negan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#4,539 (22)———
2024#5,443 (17)#2,444 (9)——
2023#3,347 (35)#2,547 (8)—#2,336 (7)
2022#3,879 (28)#2,530 (8)#703 (3)—
2021#3,651 (30)#2,730 (7)——
2020#3,918 (26)#2,682 (7)——
2019#4,230 (24)———
2018#3,055 (38)#2,445 (8)——
2017#2,755 (44)#1,470 (17)—#1,852 (9)
2016#4,199 (24)#4,810 (3)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2017 at #2,755.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2016.

How common is it?

about 1 in 77,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Negan is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 91,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 56,000 to 1 in 150,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
NeganCanadaBoys—too few
NeganEngland & WalesBoys—too few
NeganScotlandBoys—too few
NeganUSGirls—too few
NeganUSBoys#4,53922