Ney — boys' name

What the Data Says About Ney

The Social Security Administration has registered 31 babies named Ney between 1889 and 1987, spanning 99 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ney currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1987. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ney performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ney shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ney in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ney in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 31 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.