Neddie
The Story of Neddie
As a girl name
Neddie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1916, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1918: 9 births, good for #3,244 nationwide. About 49% of every Neddie on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Neddie last appeared in the published SSA data in 1956, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 65 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Neddie on the record books as a boy name in 1941, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1948, when 10 Neddies were born — ranking #2,443 that year. About 53% of every Neddie on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Neddie last appeared in the published SSA data in 1958, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 32 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Neddie
Neddie is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1916 and has accumulated 65 births in the dataset. Neddie's peak popularity came in 1918 when it ranked #3,244. Use the chart and map above to compare Neddie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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