How Many People Are Named Ned Beatty?

There are approximately 1 people named Ned Beatty living in the United States today. That makes this name combination very rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 342,754,338 Americans.

This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Ned with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Beatty. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and Census background data where it is available.

Estimated People with This Name

1 in 342,754,338 Americans

Combination Rarity

Very Rare

Very Rare Very Common

First Name

Ned

Last Name

Beatty

Ned: Popularity Over Time

Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Ned. The peak year was 1939 with 319 births. The average person named Ned today is 66 years old.

Male

Female

Ancestry of the First Name Ned

In the 2020 Census, the first name Ned was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (81.96%). The next largest recorded groups were Black (10.31%) and Hispanic (2.44%).

These percentages describe the people who had the first name Ned in the 2020 Census. They do not tell you the deeper origin or meaning of the name itself.

Read this as a snapshot of who already had the name in 2020, not as a trend line. The SSA chart above is still the better way to see how Ned rose or fell over time.

White

81.96%

Black

10.31%

Hispanic

2.44%

Asian/Pacific Islander

2.05%

American Indian/Alaska Native

1.74%

Two or More Races

1.50%

Ancestry of the Beatty Surname

The surname Beatty was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White in the 2020 Census.

This is a self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people who had the surname Beatty in the published Census surname tables. It gives useful context around who was recorded with the name, but it does not tell the full family history of every Boone line.

White

78.12%

Black

13.33%

Hispanic

3.16%

Asian/Pacific Islander

0.62%

American Indian/Alaska Native

0.73%

Two or More Races

4.04%

How we calculated this

The first name "Ned" has an estimated frequency of < 0.0001% among living Americans, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024 adjusted for mortality using CDC 2023 life tables.

The surname "Beatty" appears at a rate of 8.15 per 100,000 people in the 2020 U.S. Census.

We do not use the Census first-name snapshot for the main estimate because it is only published once every 10 years. The latest public first-name Census file is from 2020, which is already 6 years old. SSA birth records plus CDC survival data give a better current estimate of how many people with the first name Ned are likely to be alive now.

Multiplying these frequencies against the U.S. population of ~343 million gives 1 estimated people. This assumes first names and last names are statistically independent. Full methodology.

Other people named Ned

Ned Smith Ned Johnson Ned Williams Ned Jones Ned Brown Ned Garcia

Other people with the surname Beatty

Michael Beatty James Beatty John Beatty David Beatty Robert Beatty William Beatty Warren Beatty

Ned Beatty: Questions and Answers

How many people are named Ned Beatty?

We estimate approximately 1 people named Ned Beatty are alive in the United States today. The first name Ned is shared by 7,258 Americans, and the surname Beatty is shared by 27,947.

How rare is the name Ned Beatty?

This name combination is classified as Very Rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 342,754,338 Americans. The first name Ned is rare and the surname Beatty is uncommon.

Is Ned a male or female name?

Ned is predominantly male, with 100.0% of bearers being male and 0.0% female. It peaked in popularity in 1939 and the average bearer today is 66 years old.

What does the Census say about the first name Ned?

In the 2020 Census, the first name Ned was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (81.96%). The next largest recorded groups were Black (10.31%) and Hispanic (2.44%). These percentages describe the people who had the name in the 2020 Census, not the deeper origin of the name itself.

Where does this data come from?

First name data comes from the Social Security Administration (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables. When available, first-name Census background data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau first-name tables. Surname data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau. Full methodology.

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