Fernand

Last seen for boys in 2017 at #9,696

Peak · boys
1882 · 7 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,493
since 1882

Fernand over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Fernand has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201882peak #754, 1882boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirths
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2017#9,6967
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1996#9,0155
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1991#8,2365
1990#7,1786
1989#7,9055
1988#4,7869
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1986#5,9266
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1984#4,9737
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1980#6,2505
1979#4,8427
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1977#3,20312
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1975#3,6599
1974#5,2275
1973#3,6948
1972#4,9865
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1970#3,8367
1969#4,4045
1968#4,1365
1967#3,9665
1966#2,62710
1965#3,2447
1964#3,6016
1963#2,67310
1962#2,36412
1961#4,0655
1960#3,6656
1959#2,8219
1958#3,5596
1957#3,0248
1956#3,9425
1955#3,2017
1954#2,9428
1953#2,18613
1952#2,07314
1951#1,90416
1950#3,0217
1949#2,22512
1948#2,44310
1947#1,78618
1946#2,27111
1945#1,49420
1944#1,89014
1943#1,52921
1942#1,26830
1941#1,82115
1940#1,98313
1939#1,63617
1938#1,74116
1937#1,91314
1936#1,46321
1935#1,09835
1934#1,32326
1933#1,07837
1932#96346
1931#1,14535
1930#1,11639
1929#1,15436
1928#95051
1927#79969
1926#89456
1925#91654
1924#78773
1923#76973
1922#86363
1921#1,00249
1920#1,15738
1919#1,32129
1918#1,37327
1917#1,23830
1916#1,13833
1915#1,34225
1914#1,22123
1913#1,80310
1912#1,22315
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1889#9745
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1882#7547
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First appearance
1882

The first year at least five boys were named Fernand! It came in at #754, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Fernand is popular in 1882

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Fernand
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2017
  • Biggest jump: 182 spots in 1932 (#1,145 → #963)
  • Biggest drop: 204 spots in 1929 (#950 → #1,154)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1882 at #754 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1883, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 1922–1928
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,015
  • Highest: 1 in 15,015 boys born in 1923 were named Fernand (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 264,422 boys born in 2017 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #754 in 1882, was only 1 in 16,241 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 37.6% of all boys named Fernand (562) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s12#754 (1882)#864
1890s0——
1900s5#1,310 (1900)#1,310
1910s192#1,138 (1916)#1,332
1920s562#769 (1923)#929
1930s286#963 (1932)#1,348
1940s164#1,268 (1942)#1,871
1950s93#1,904 (1951)#2,867
1960s71#2,364 (1962)#3,475
1970s53#3,203 (1977)#4,207
1980s32#4,786 (1988)#5,968
1990s16#7,178 (1990)#8,143
2000s0——
2010s7#9,696 (2017)#9,696

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.

Fernand in 1882

boys
#754
7 births · 1 in 16,241 boys

Top boys' names in 1882

  1. #1John9,557
  2. #2William9,298
  3. #3James5,892
  4. #4George5,193
  5. #5Charles5,091
  6. #6Frank3,176
  7. #7Joseph2,670
  8. #8Thomas2,610
  9. #9Henry2,579
  10. #10Robert2,500
  11. #754Fernand7
More about 1882

boys

113,686 boys got a published name in 1882; 1 in 16,241 of them was named Fernand, which outranked 31.4% of the 1,099 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Fernand
  1. #691Willam8
  2. #691Willian8
  3. #691Wylie8
  4. #754Fernand7
  5. #754Adolfo7
  6. #754Alanzo7
  7. #754Albion7
  8. #837Addie6
  9. #837Alan6
  10. #837Alberto6

Tied with 82 names at #754; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1881
Risers
  1. ↑ 467Clarance#866 → #399
  2. ↑ 429Webster#866 → #437
  3. ↑ 365Neil#781 → #416
  4. ↑ 352Cliff#866 → #514
  5. ↑ 352Elmore#866 → #514
Fallers
  1. ↓ 501Verne#442 → #943
  2. ↓ 483Newell#460 → #943
  3. ↓ 456Merritt#487 → #943
  4. ↓ 440Solon#503 → #943
  5. ↓ 395Almon#442 → #837

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1882 →