Meaning not yet researched.
Ferdinand: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 24 in 2025. Its best rank was #229 in 1884.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #229 in 1884; #4,294 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Ferdinand in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#4,294 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1884, at #229.
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Ferdinand: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 24 boys in 2025. Peak: #229 in 1884 · most boys in one year: 259 (1918).
In 2025, 24 US boys were named Ferdinand, making it the 4,294th most common boys’ name of the year, down 380 places from #3,914 in 2024. That is 4 fewer than the 28 boys named Ferdinand in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #229, reached in 1884. The most boys given the name in a single year was 259, in 1918. For comparison, it was #4,770 in 2015 and #951 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ferdinand in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 32 babies with the name. In all, 8,909 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 1,774 babies named Ferdinand.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 237 US boys were named Ferdinand; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 35. In 2025 that was about 1 in 71,170 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Fernando (103,729 babies since 1880) and Fernand (1,493 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Ferran are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Ferdie, Fred, Freddie and Freddy.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Ferran (170).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 24 | #4,294 |
| 2024 | — | — | 28 | #3,914 |
| 2023 | — | — | 29 | #3,824 |
| 2022 | — | — | 29 | #3,798 |
| 2021 | — | — | 16 | #5,620 |
| 2020 | — | — | 14 | #6,070 |
| 2019 | — | — | 20 | #4,849 |
| 2018 | — | — | 25 | #4,130 |
| 2017 | — | — | 17 | #5,356 |
| 2016 | — | — | 35 | #3,249 |
| 2015 | — | — | 20 | #4,770 |
| 2014 | — | — | 24 | #4,171 |
| 2013 | — | — | 24 | #4,097 |
| 2012 | — | — | 21 | #4,588 |
| 2011 | — | — | 20 | #4,714 |
| 2010 | — | — | 23 | #4,277 |
| 2009 | — | — | 20 | #4,809 |
| 2008 | — | — | 25 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | — | — | 24 | #4,161 |
| 2006 | — | — | 21 | #4,404 |
| 2005 | — | — | 16 | #5,105 |
| 2004 | — | — | 16 | #5,085 |
| 2003 | — | — | 20 | #4,163 |
| 2002 | — | — | 15 | #4,985 |
| 2001 | — | — | 22 | #3,757 |
| 2000 | — | — | 16 | #4,649 |
| 1999 | — | — | 16 | #4,417 |
| 1998 | — | — | 18 | #3,897 |
| 1997 | — | — | 16 | #4,117 |
| 1996 | — | — | 27 | #2,778 |
| 1995 | — | — | 22 | #3,130 |
| 1994 | — | — | 27 | #2,713 |
| 1993 | — | — | 19 | #3,412 |
| 1992 | — | — | 28 | #2,561 |
| 1991 | — | — | 27 | #2,567 |
| 1990 | — | — | 35 | #2,102 |
| 1989 | — | — | 34 | #2,079 |
| 1988 | — | — | 24 | #2,466 |
| 1987 | — | — | 40 | #1,691 |
| 1986 | — | — | 31 | #1,932 |
| 1985 | — | — | 35 | #1,742 |
| 1984 | — | — | 25 | #2,117 |
| 1983 | — | — | 26 | #2,038 |
| 1982 | — | — | 46 | #1,399 |
| 1981 | — | — | 39 | #1,559 |
| 1980 | — | — | 35 | #1,666 |
| 1979 | — | — | 29 | #1,880 |
| 1978 | — | — | 34 | #1,626 |
| 1977 | — | — | 50 | #1,257 |
| 1976 | — | — | 38 | #1,460 |
| 1975 | — | — | 43 | #1,327 |
| 1974 | — | — | 36 | #1,449 |
| 1973 | — | — | 45 | #1,233 |
| 1972 | — | — | 45 | #1,237 |
| 1971 | — | — | 68 | #986 |
| 1970 | — | — | 56 | #1,096 |
| 1969 | — | — | 52 | #1,077 |
| 1968 | — | — | 56 | #989 |
| 1967 | — | — | 53 | #998 |
| 1966 | — | — | 56 | #975 |
| 1965 | — | — | 54 | #1,007 |
| 1964 | — | — | 37 | #1,294 |
| 1963 | — | — | 42 | #1,203 |
| 1962 | — | — | 50 | #1,085 |
| 1961 | — | — | 60 | #1,006 |
| 1960 | — | — | 63 | #956 |
| 1959 | — | — | 71 | #910 |
| 1958 | — | — | 53 | #1,054 |
| 1957 | — | — | 60 | #985 |
| 1956 | — | — | 66 | #918 |
| 1955 | — | — | 71 | #881 |
| 1954 | — | — | 69 | #890 |
| 1953 | — | — | 66 | #884 |
| 1952 | — | — | 69 | #843 |
| 1951 | — | — | 54 | #953 |
| 1950 | — | — | 53 | #951 |
| 1949 | — | — | 42 | #1,087 |
| 1948 | — | — | 68 | #826 |
| 1947 | — | — | 65 | #862 |
| 1946 | — | — | 47 | #990 |
| 1945 | — | — | 55 | #846 |
| 1944 | — | — | 59 | #818 |
| 1943 | — | — | 73 | #765 |
| 1942 | — | — | 70 | #771 |
| 1941 | — | — | 63 | #790 |
| 1940 | — | — | 61 | #795 |
| 1939 | — | — | 80 | #664 |
| 1938 | — | — | 100 | #587 |
| 1937 | — | — | 62 | #783 |
| 1936 | — | — | 116 | #531 |
| 1935 | — | — | 101 | #577 |
| 1934 | — | — | 83 | #668 |
| 1933 | — | — | 93 | #603 |
| 1932 | — | — | 109 | #566 |
| 1931 | — | — | 109 | #563 |
| 1930 | — | — | 145 | #495 |
| 1929 | — | — | 138 | #500 |
| 1928 | — | — | 156 | #488 |
| 1927 | — | — | 156 | #484 |
| 1926 | — | — | 161 | #474 |
| 1925 | — | — | 159 | #481 |
| 1924 | — | — | 185 | #449 |
| 1923 | — | — | 198 | #432 |
| 1922 | — | — | 214 | #411 |
| 1921 | — | — | 222 | #409 |
| 1920 | — | — | 185 | #446 |
| 1919 | — | — | 205 | #407 |
| 1918 | — | — | 259 | #363 |
| 1917 | — | — | 236 | #362 |
| 1916 | — | — | 246 | #339 |
| 1915 | — | — | 245 | #336 |
| 1914 | — | — | 204 | #320 |
| 1913 | — | — | 127 | #372 |
| 1912 | — | — | 113 | #365 |
| 1911 | — | — | 51 | #400 |
| 1910 | — | — | 48 | #371 |
| 1909 | — | — | 38 | #400 |
| 1908 | — | — | 35 | #400 |
| 1907 | — | — | 35 | #381 |
| 1906 | — | — | 34 | #357 |
| 1905 | — | — | 31 | #374 |
| 1904 | — | — | 36 | #338 |
| 1903 | — | — | 19 | #490 |
| 1902 | — | — | 32 | #350 |
| 1901 | — | — | 29 | #341 |
| 1900 | — | — | 41 | #340 |
| 1899 | — | — | 35 | #294 |
| 1898 | — | — | 30 | #356 |
| 1897 | — | — | 28 | #357 |
| 1896 | — | — | 40 | #290 |
| 1895 | — | — | 38 | #290 |
| 1894 | — | — | 44 | #263 |
| 1893 | — | — | 45 | #262 |
| 1892 | — | — | 33 | #321 |
| 1891 | — | — | 28 | #319 |
| 1890 | — | — | 33 | #299 |
| 1889 | — | — | 34 | #289 |
| 1888 | — | — | 42 | #279 |
| 1887 | — | — | 43 | #245 |
| 1886 | — | — | 40 | #268 |
| 1885 | — | — | 36 | #278 |
| 1884 | — | — | 55 | #229 |
| 1883 | — | — | 30 | #301 |
| 1882 | — | — | 48 | #243 |
| 1881 | — | — | 23 | #342 |
| 1880 | — | — | 32 | #294 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).