boy's name

Negan

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 573

Scotland

#727

2022 births

Negan is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 22 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2017, when 44 babies were given the name.
  • It is a recent arrival in the birth records.
  • Today about 1 in 150,716 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1987.

Negan over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1980s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Negan by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1980s 6
2010s 130
2020s (to 2025) 158

How popular is Negan?

In 2025, Negan was given to 22 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Negan is used

Scotland #727 3 in 2022
England & Wales #2,483 9 in 2024
Canada #2,486 7 in 2023
France as Négan #3,868 10 in 2025
United States #4,564 22 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Negan is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Négan Négan is a rare spelling of Negan, written with an acute accent and recorded about 70 times, mostly in France. 70

Names that peaked alongside Negan

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Negan also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Negan over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Negan

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Negan — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Negan

How popular is the name Negan?

In 2025, Negan was given to 22 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Negan a girl's or a boy's name?

Negan is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Negan most popular?

Negan peaked in 2017, when 44 babies were given the name. It is a recent arrival in the birth records.

Is Negan a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Negan currently ranks #3,868 in the United States. It is a recent arrival in the birth records. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.