Boys' name · since 2016
Negan
288 babies named Negan in U.S. Social Security records since 2016, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,825 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,689 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 288
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
288 babies have been named Negan since 2016, making it today's #4689 boys' name.
Negan has 288 recorded births among boys since 2016, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4689 as of the latest data, more common than 66% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2016 to 2025.
- #10,825 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,689 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 288 born since 2016
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Negan ranks #10,825 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,689 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 288 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.
- #10,825 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,689 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 288
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Negan's 288 recorded births place it above 76.18% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Negan compares
288 45th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Negan's all-time total is 22% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Negan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 288 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 44 | 34 | 22,252 |
Negan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Negan splits its recorded history at 2021: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2024 (17 births) -- compare that against the 2017 peak of 44 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Negan popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 44
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Negan popularity over time - girls
6 total births recorded since 1987 (Negan as girls' name)
Negan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (158 births, 55% of the file).
2020s was Negan's strongest decade.
158 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Negan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
130 births
- 2020s
2020s
158 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 158 births (55% of all-time use).
Negan by state
Where Negan concentrates geographically, total births since 2016
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What to do with Negan's data
- Texas records the most Negans (7 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Negan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~9 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2016–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Negan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.