Meaning not yet researched.
Fernand: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 0 in 2025. Its best rank was #772 in 1923.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Fewer than five US boys were given it in 2025. It peaked at #772 in 1923. No US babies were recorded with the name Fernand in 2025.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
Given to fewer than five US boys in 2025; it peaked at #772 in 1923.
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Fernand: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 0 boys in 2025. Peak: #772 in 1923 · most boys in one year: 73 (1924).
Fewer than five US boys were named Fernand in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for boys. Its best rank for boys was #772, reached in 1923. The most boys given the name in a single year was 73, in 1924. For comparison, it was unranked (under five boys) in 2015 and #3,133 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Fernand in 77 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1882 with 7 babies. In all, 1,493 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 562 babies named Fernand.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 7 US boys were named Fernand; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 7.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Fernando (103,729 babies since 1880) and Ferdinand (8,909 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Fernande are summarised on this page.
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: Fernande (521).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Fernand in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | — | — | 7 | #10,043 |
| 1996 | — | — | 5 | #9,475 |
| 1991 | — | — | 5 | #8,627 |
| 1990 | — | — | 6 | #7,469 |
| 1989 | — | — | 5 | #8,312 |
| 1988 | — | — | 9 | #4,921 |
| 1986 | — | — | 6 | #6,190 |
| 1984 | — | — | 7 | #5,147 |
| 1980 | — | — | 5 | #6,581 |
| 1979 | — | — | 7 | #5,014 |
| 1977 | — | — | 12 | #3,266 |
| 1975 | — | — | 9 | #3,742 |
| 1974 | — | — | 5 | #5,476 |
| 1973 | — | — | 8 | #3,812 |
| 1972 | — | — | 5 | #5,221 |
| 1970 | — | — | 7 | #3,984 |
| 1969 | — | — | 5 | #4,611 |
| 1968 | — | — | 5 | #4,325 |
| 1967 | — | — | 5 | #4,157 |
| 1966 | — | — | 10 | #2,682 |
| 1965 | — | — | 7 | #3,344 |
| 1964 | — | — | 6 | #3,755 |
| 1963 | — | — | 10 | #2,735 |
| 1962 | — | — | 12 | #2,425 |
| 1961 | — | — | 5 | #4,267 |
| 1960 | — | — | 6 | #3,792 |
| 1959 | — | — | 9 | #2,900 |
| 1958 | — | — | 6 | #3,667 |
| 1957 | — | — | 8 | #3,100 |
| 1956 | — | — | 5 | #4,128 |
| 1955 | — | — | 7 | #3,295 |
| 1954 | — | — | 8 | #3,028 |
| 1953 | — | — | 13 | #2,219 |
| 1952 | — | — | 14 | #2,105 |
| 1951 | — | — | 16 | #1,932 |
| 1950 | — | — | 7 | #3,133 |
| 1949 | — | — | 12 | #2,262 |
| 1948 | — | — | 10 | #2,501 |
| 1947 | — | — | 18 | #1,807 |
| 1946 | — | — | 11 | #2,317 |
| 1945 | — | — | 20 | #1,509 |
| 1944 | — | — | 14 | #1,915 |
| 1943 | — | — | 21 | #1,547 |
| 1942 | — | — | 30 | #1,280 |
| 1941 | — | — | 15 | #1,843 |
| 1940 | — | — | 13 | #2,018 |
| 1939 | — | — | 17 | #1,663 |
| 1938 | — | — | 16 | #1,767 |
| 1937 | — | — | 14 | #1,938 |
| 1936 | — | — | 21 | #1,480 |
| 1935 | — | — | 35 | #1,105 |
| 1934 | — | — | 26 | #1,337 |
| 1933 | — | — | 37 | #1,084 |
| 1932 | — | — | 46 | #971 |
| 1931 | — | — | 35 | #1,157 |
| 1930 | — | — | 39 | #1,123 |
| 1929 | — | — | 36 | #1,160 |
| 1928 | — | — | 51 | #956 |
| 1927 | — | — | 69 | #803 |
| 1926 | — | — | 56 | #897 |
| 1925 | — | — | 54 | #916 |
| 1924 | — | — | 73 | #788 |
| 1923 | — | — | 73 | #772 |
| 1922 | — | — | 63 | #866 |
| 1921 | — | — | 49 | #1,004 |
| 1920 | — | — | 38 | #1,166 |
| 1919 | — | — | 29 | #1,332 |
| 1918 | — | — | 27 | #1,384 |
| 1917 | — | — | 30 | #1,245 |
| 1916 | — | — | 33 | #1,144 |
| 1915 | — | — | 25 | #1,352 |
| 1914 | — | — | 23 | #1,240 |
| 1913 | — | — | 10 | #1,850 |
| 1912 | — | — | 15 | #1,236 |
| 1900 | — | — | 5 | #1,386 |
| 1889 | — | — | 5 | #1,022 |
| 1882 | — | — | 7 | #786 |
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).