Ferdie

Peak · boys
1894 · 5 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
233
since 1894

Ferdie over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ferdie has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,074, 1894boys
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1953#3,7985
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1942#3,2126
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1938#3,5345
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1936#2,4529
1935#2,7198
1934#3,2776
1933#2,5429
1932#2,6389
1931#2,47110
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1929#2,58910
1928#2,8439
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1926#2,72510
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1924#2,82210
1923#3,1758
1922#3,5327
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1920#3,4897
1919#2,66510
1918#2,8829
1917#3,9815
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1914#2,2719
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First appearance
1894

The first year at least five boys were named Ferdie! It came in at #1,074, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1894–1899, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Ferdie is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Ferdie in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Ferdie
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1963
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1894
  • Peaked 1894 at #1,074 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1895, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 23,154
  • Highest: 1 in 23,154 boys born in 1894 were named Ferdie (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 406,216 boys born in 1963 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 32.2% of all boys named Ferdie (75) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s5#1,074 (1894)#1,074
1900s6#1,162 (1900)#1,162
1910s47#2,271 (1914)#3,020
1920s75#2,265 (1921)#2,930
1930s56#2,452 (1936)#2,805
1940s29#2,871 (1940)#3,329
1950s10#3,681 (1950)#3,740
1960s5#4,048 (1963)#4,048

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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