Ferdinand
#4,249 for boys in 2025, 24 births
- Peak · boys
- 1884 · 55 births
- Debut · boys
- 32 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 8,909since 1880
Ferdinand over time
Rank among boys' names. Ferdinand has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,249 | 24 |
| 2024 | #3,896 | 28 |
| 2023 | #3,802 | 29 |
| 2022 | #3,774 | 29 |
| 2021 | #5,562 | 16 |
| 2020 | #5,980 | 14 |
| 2019 | #4,806 | 20 |
| 2018 | #4,094 | 25 |
| 2017 | #5,297 | 17 |
| 2016 | #3,230 | 35 |
| 2015 | #4,711 | 20 |
| 2014 | #4,138 | 24 |
| 2013 | #4,064 | 24 |
| 2012 | #4,533 | 21 |
| 2011 | #4,659 | 20 |
| 2010 | #4,241 | 23 |
| 2009 | #4,748 | 20 |
| 2008 | #4,044 | 25 |
| 2007 | #4,127 | 24 |
| 2006 | #4,370 | 21 |
| 2005 | #5,034 | 16 |
| 2004 | #5,007 | 16 |
| 2003 | #4,114 | 20 |
| 2002 | #4,919 | 15 |
| 2001 | #3,721 | 22 |
| 2000 | #4,573 | 16 |
| 1999 | #4,341 | 16 |
| 1998 | #3,849 | 18 |
| 1997 | #4,059 | 16 |
| 1996 | #2,747 | 27 |
| 1995 | #3,100 | 22 |
| 1994 | #2,685 | 27 |
| 1993 | #3,368 | 19 |
| 1992 | #2,532 | 28 |
| 1991 | #2,544 | 27 |
| 1990 | #2,086 | 35 |
| 1989 | #2,068 | 34 |
| 1988 | #2,437 | 24 |
| 1987 | #1,684 | 40 |
| 1986 | #1,917 | 31 |
| 1985 | #1,724 | 35 |
| 1984 | #2,098 | 25 |
| 1983 | #2,017 | 26 |
| 1982 | #1,395 | 46 |
| 1981 | #1,548 | 39 |
| 1980 | #1,655 | 35 |
| 1979 | #1,867 | 29 |
| 1978 | #1,616 | 34 |
| 1977 | #1,252 | 50 |
| 1976 | #1,453 | 38 |
| 1975 | #1,322 | 43 |
| 1974 | #1,439 | 36 |
| 1973 | #1,231 | 45 |
| 1972 | #1,230 | 45 |
| 1971 | #985 | 68 |
| 1970 | #1,093 | 56 |
| 1969 | #1,075 | 52 |
| 1968 | #986 | 56 |
| 1967 | #992 | 53 |
| 1966 | #968 | 56 |
| 1965 | #1,000 | 54 |
| 1964 | #1,288 | 37 |
| 1963 | #1,195 | 42 |
| 1962 | #1,082 | 50 |
| 1961 | #1,001 | 60 |
| 1960 | #951 | 63 |
| 1959 | #906 | 71 |
| 1958 | #1,049 | 53 |
| 1957 | #981 | 60 |
| 1956 | #917 | 66 |
| 1955 | #874 | 71 |
| 1954 | #887 | 69 |
| 1953 | #884 | 66 |
| 1952 | #840 | 69 |
| 1951 | #949 | 54 |
| 1950 | #948 | 53 |
| 1949 | #1,085 | 42 |
| 1948 | #824 | 68 |
| 1947 | #861 | 65 |
| 1946 | #980 | 47 |
| 1945 | #845 | 55 |
| 1944 | #814 | 59 |
| 1943 | #764 | 73 |
| 1942 | #770 | 70 |
| 1941 | #786 | 63 |
| 1940 | #792 | 61 |
| 1939 | #663 | 80 |
| 1938 | #586 | 100 |
| 1937 | #781 | 62 |
| 1936 | #529 | 116 |
| 1935 | #575 | 101 |
| 1934 | #666 | 83 |
| 1933 | #603 | 93 |
| 1932 | #565 | 109 |
| 1931 | #562 | 109 |
| 1930 | #494 | 145 |
| 1929 | #499 | 138 |
| 1928 | #487 | 156 |
| 1927 | #484 | 156 |
| 1926 | #473 | 161 |
| 1925 | #481 | 159 |
| 1924 | #449 | 185 |
| 1923 | #432 | 198 |
| 1922 | #410 | 214 |
| 1921 | #409 | 222 |
| 1920 | #446 | 185 |
| 1919 | #407 | 205 |
| 1918 | #363 | 259 |
| 1917 | #362 | 236 |
| 1916 | #339 | 246 |
| 1915 | #336 | 245 |
| 1914 | #318 | 204 |
| 1913 | #372 | 127 |
| 1912 | #363 | 113 |
| 1911 | #399 | 51 |
| 1910 | #370 | 48 |
| 1909 | #397 | 38 |
| 1908 | #400 | 35 |
| 1907 | #381 | 35 |
| 1906 | #355 | 34 |
| 1905 | #370 | 31 |
| 1904 | #335 | 36 |
| 1903 | #487 | 19 |
| 1902 | #348 | 32 |
| 1901 | #334 | 29 |
| 1900 | #337 | 41 |
| 1899 | #294 | 35 |
| 1898 | #350 | 30 |
| 1897 | #353 | 28 |
| 1896 | #290 | 40 |
| 1895 | #289 | 38 |
| 1894 | #261 | 44 |
| 1893 | #262 | 45 |
| 1892 | #320 | 33 |
| 1891 | #318 | 28 |
| 1890 | #299 | 33 |
| 1889 | #288 | 34 |
| 1888 | #278 | 42 |
| 1887 | #244 | 43 |
| 1886 | #267 | 40 |
| 1885 | #277 | 36 |
| 1884 | #227 | 55 |
| 1883 | #298 | 30 |
| 1882 | #242 | 48 |
| 1881 | #342 | 23 |
| 1880 | #291 | 32 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Ferdinand was already there! It came in at #291, and was given to 32 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2019–2021, when fewer than 21 boys a year got the name.
Where Ferdinand is popular in 1921
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Rhode Island#134 · 1 in 1,080
- North Dakota#141 · 1 in 738
- Connecticut#172 · 1 in 2,135
- Maryland#178 · 1 in 1,918
- New Jersey#204 · 1 in 2,972
Best ever in a state: #96 in North Dakota, 1912.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | #134 | 5 | 1 in 1,080 |
| North Dakota | #141 | 9 | 1 in 738 |
| Connecticut | #172 | 6 | 1 in 2,135 |
| Maryland | #178 | 7 | 1 in 1,918 |
| New Jersey | #204 | 10 | 1 in 2,972 |
| Wisconsin | #207 | 13 | 1 in 1,848 |
| Louisiana | #215 | 15 | 1 in 1,267 |
| Massachusetts | #221 | 11 | 1 in 3,107 |
| New York | #232 | 34 | 1 in 2,721 |
| Illinois | #274 | 17 | 1 in 3,303 |
| Michigan | #280 | 11 | 1 in 3,226 |
| Pennsylvania | #291 | 19 | 1 in 4,688 |
| Minnesota | #344 | 5 | 1 in 4,407 |
| Ohio | #401 | 7 | 1 in 7,447 |
| Virginia | #402 | 5 | 1 in 4,922 |
| California | #412 | 6 | 1 in 4,751 |
| Texas | #595 | 9 | 1 in 5,815 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Ferdinand
- 353 spots since 2024 (#3,896 → #4,249)
- 1,731 spots since 2020 (#5,980 → #4,249)
- 462 spots since 2015 (#4,711 → #4,249)
- Biggest jump: 288 spots in 1965 (#1,288 → #1,000)
- Biggest drop: 261 spots in 1949 (#824 → #1,085)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1884 at #227 (55 births)
- Births halved by 1903, 19 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 84 yrs · run 1880–1948
- Highest: 1 in 2,081 boys born in 1884 were named Ferdinand (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 71,170 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 19.9% of all boys named Ferdinand (1,774) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 383 | #227 (1884) | #275 |
| 1890s | 354 | #261 (1894) | #304 |
| 1900s | 330 | #334 (1901) | #374 |
| 1910s | 1,734 | #318 (1914) | #363 |
| 1920s | 1,774 | #409 (1921) | #457 |
| 1930s | 998 | #494 (1930) | #602 |
| 1940s | 603 | #764 (1943) | #852 |
| 1950s | 632 | #840 (1952) | #924 |
| 1960s | 523 | #951 (1960) | #1,054 |
| 1970s | 444 | #985 (1971) | #1,349 |
| 1980s | 335 | #1,395 (1982) | #1,854 |
| 1990s | 235 | #2,086 (1990) | #3,131 |
| 2000s | 195 | #3,721 (2001) | #4,466 |
| 2010s | 229 | #3,230 (2016) | #4,377 |
| 2020s | 140 | #3,774 (2022) | #4,544 |
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.
Ferdinand in 1921
Top boys' names in 1921
More about 1921
boys
1,101,449 boys got a published name in 1921; 1 in 4,961 of them was named Ferdinand, which outranked 91.8% of the 4,985 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.