girls:
6 births since 1987
#5710 (0th percentile)
boys:
249 births since 2016
#4337 (5th percentile)
overall:
255 births since 1987
#7484 (3rd percentile)
The name Negan is the #7,484 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 255 recorded births since 1987. This represents the 3.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,337 (5.4% percentile) for all time with 249 births since 2016. For girls, it ranks #5,710 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 1987.
Negan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1987 (1987 for girls and 2016 for boys). Birth data for Negan is available in 9 out of the 37 years between 1987 and 2023 (8 years for boys and 1 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Negan has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.6% of all recorded births being male. Interestingly, until around 2016, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1987 to 2015), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 2016 to 2023).
For boys, Negan reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 4.3% percentile (ranked #875) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 22 births per million (ranked 4.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Negan ranks #881 for boys (3.3% percentile) with 19 births per million, which is 86.0% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Negan reached its peak popularity in 1987, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #801) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1987, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1987.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Negan".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Negan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 86.1% confident that Negan is pronounced as NEE-guhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is NEH-guhn, at 13.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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