Fernanda

#551 for girls in 2025, 549 births · Last seen for boys in 2009 at #8,985
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2009 · 1,274 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
20,130
since 1914

Fernanda over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Fernanda has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201996peak #258, 2009girls
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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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2025#551549—
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2021#584518—
2020#571512—
2019#494635—
2018#493631—
2017#435734—
2016#462688—
2015#562551—
2014#529585—
2013#510585—
2012#380823—
2011#329961—
2010#344936—
2009#2581,274#8,9858
2008#421767—
2007#461699—
2006#432738—
2005#394795—
2004#498591—
2003#497577—
2002#456630—
2001#601419—
2000#566461—
1999#773285—
1998#965212—
1997#1,133165—
1996#983193—
1995#949198—
1994#1,100163—
1993#1,063171—
1992#1,63093—
1991#2,01468—
1990#2,06864—
1989#2,33850—
1988#2,41945—
1987#3,62424—
1986#3,55424—
1985#3,08429—
1984#3,61322—
1983#3,94919—
1982#3,89820—
1981#3,85920—
1980#4,51716—
1979#5,09213—
1978#7,6497—
1977#4,94213—
1976#9,2845—
1975#3,95016—
1974#4,22714—
1973#4,87111#4,0547
1972#3,71416#4,4416
1971#5,13610—
1970#3,57717#4,7245
1969#3,46116—
1968#4,22211—
1967#4,30010—
1966#4,8668—
1965#3,40214—
1964#4,6369—
1963#4,01911—
1962#4,5339—
1961#3,18916—
1960#4,7738—
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1957#3,48912—
1956#4,8377—
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1954#4,6557—
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First appearance
1914

The first year at least five girls were named Fernanda! It came in at #2,434, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1930, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Fernanda is popular in 1996

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedMNIllinois: #902 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,145 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedMINew York: #1,950 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 20,866 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #461 for girls · 84 births · 1 in 2,736 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedDEArizona: #311 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,498 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Fernanda, so not publishedHITexas: #551 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 3,404 girlsTXFlorida: #1,068 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 9,092 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arizona#311 · 1 in 1,498
  2. California#461 · 1 in 2,736
  3. Texas#551 · 1 in 3,404
  4. Illinois#902 · 1 in 7,145
  5. Florida#1,068 · 1 in 9,092

Best ever in a state: #96 in Texas, 2009.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Arizona#311191 in 1,498
California#461841 in 2,736
Texas#551411 in 3,404
Illinois#902101 in 7,145
Florida#1,06881 in 9,092
New York#1,95051 in 20,866
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Fernanda
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 51 spots since 2024 (#500 → #551)
  • 20 spots since 2020 (#571 → #551)
  • 11 spots since 2015 (#562 → #551)
  • Biggest jump: 207 spots in 2000 (#773 → #566)
  • Biggest drop: 150 spots in 1997 (#983 → #1,133)
Rise & fade · girls
95 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1914
  • Peaked 2009 at #258 (1,274 births)
  • Births halved by 2013, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 30 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 30 yrs · run 1998–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,442
  • Highest: 1 in 1,442 girls born in 2009 were named Fernanda (0.07%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,928 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 35.4% of all girls named Fernanda (7,129) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s64#2,029 (1918)#2,771
1920s118#2,018 (1925)#2,958
1930s54#2,024 (1931)#3,493
1940s66#2,737 (1940)#3,590
1950s94#3,269 (1953)#3,977
1960s112#3,189 (1961)#4,140
1970s122#3,577 (1970)#5,244
1980s269#2,338 (1989)#3,486
1990s1,612#773 (1999)#1,268
2000s6,951#258 (2009)#458
2010s7,129#329 (2011)#454
2020s3,539#460 (2022)#523

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

Fernanda in 1996

girls
#983
193 births · 1 in 9,083 girls

Top girls' names in 1996

  1. #1Emily25,150
  2. #2Jessica24,201
  3. #3Ashley23,678
  4. #4Sarah21,048
  5. #5Samantha20,552
  6. #6Taylor19,155
  7. #7Hannah18,596
  8. #8Alexis16,592
  9. #9Rachel16,121
  10. #10Elizabeth16,003
  11. #983Fernanda193
More about 1996

girls

1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 9,083 of them was named Fernanda, which outranked 93.8% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Fernanda
  1. #979Infant194
  2. #979Joslyn194
  3. #979Quinn194
  4. #983Fernanda193
  5. #983Christin193
  6. #985Janay192
  7. #985Pauline192
  8. #985Yaritza192

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,167Odalys#2,845 → #678
  2. ↑ 1,531Tamia#2,028 → #497
  3. ↑ 1,524Jaycie#2,486 → #962
  4. ↑ 1,486Odalis#2,394 → #908
  5. ↑ 1,430Zaria#2,155 → #725
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,558Unknown#865 → #2,423
  2. ↓ 723Iridian#886 → #1,609
  3. ↓ 435Selene#964 → #1,399
  4. ↓ 394Salina#838 → #1,232
  5. ↓ 339Chelsi#697 → #1,036

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

See the top 100 for 1996 →