Fernando
Last seen for girls in 2017 at #15,902 · #387 for boys in 2025, 819 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1997 · 2,315 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 103,139since 1880
Fernando over time
Rank among boys' names. Fernando has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #387 | 819 | |
| 2024 | — | #352 | 952 | |
| 2023 | — | #344 | 970 | |
| 2022 | — | #342 | 976 | |
| 2021 | — | #358 | 906 | |
| 2020 | — | #342 | 938 | |
| 2019 | — | #315 | 1,065 | |
| 2018 | — | #311 | 1,093 | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #306 | 1,142 |
| 2016 | — | #289 | 1,245 | |
| 2015 | — | #272 | 1,348 | |
| 2014 | — | #264 | 1,404 | |
| 2013 | — | #254 | 1,429 | |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 | #243 | 1,482 |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #209 | 1,706 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | #189 | 1,953 |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 | #179 | 2,126 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #164 | 2,383 |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 | #157 | 2,687 |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | #151 | 2,758 |
| 2005 | #8,883 | 12 | #170 | 2,440 |
| 2004 | #6,489 | 18 | #155 | 2,578 |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | #157 | 2,554 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 | #159 | 2,423 |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 | #153 | 2,601 |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | #150 | 2,602 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | #169 | 2,175 |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | #166 | 2,057 |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 | #149 | 2,315 |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | #178 | 1,875 |
| 1995 | #5,019 | 19 | #176 | 1,872 |
| 1994 | #3,790 | 28 | #174 | 1,831 |
| 1993 | #4,671 | 21 | #179 | 1,799 |
| 1992 | #4,528 | 22 | #169 | 1,880 |
| 1991 | #4,808 | 20 | #169 | 1,898 |
| 1990 | #5,060 | 18 | #179 | 1,731 |
| 1989 | #5,286 | 16 | #187 | 1,582 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 | #200 | 1,361 |
| 1987 | #4,660 | 17 | #208 | 1,202 |
| 1986 | #4,539 | 17 | #193 | 1,323 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 | #193 | 1,292 |
| 1984 | #4,318 | 17 | #191 | 1,284 |
| 1983 | #3,949 | 19 | #190 | 1,280 |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 | #185 | 1,367 |
| 1981 | #3,739 | 21 | #199 | 1,241 |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 | #196 | 1,266 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | #210 | 1,131 |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 | #204 | 1,081 |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 | #201 | 1,136 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | #230 | 886 |
| 1975 | #4,593 | 13 | #223 | 914 |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 | #240 | 841 |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 | #245 | 809 |
| 1972 | — | #255 | 782 | |
| 1971 | — | #264 | 828 | |
| 1970 | — | #276 | 764 | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | #287 | 680 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | #293 | 648 |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | #304 | 588 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #303 | 603 |
| 1965 | — | #324 | 549 | |
| 1964 | — | #310 | 620 | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #322 | 597 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #309 | 634 |
| 1961 | — | #317 | 610 | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #323 | 584 |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 | #316 | 610 |
| 1958 | — | #335 | 528 | |
| 1957 | — | #332 | 530 | |
| 1956 | — | #325 | 517 | |
| 1955 | — | #320 | 532 | |
| 1954 | — | #299 | 572 | |
| 1953 | — | #312 | 530 | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #335 | 424 |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | #338 | 406 |
| 1950 | — | #363 | 344 | |
| 1949 | — | #412 | 268 | |
| 1948 | — | #387 | 312 | |
| 1947 | — | #420 | 264 | |
| 1946 | — | #430 | 219 | |
| 1945 | — | #405 | 220 | |
| 1944 | — | #450 | 180 | |
| 1943 | — | #481 | 164 | |
| 1942 | — | #455 | 183 | |
| 1941 | — | #511 | 133 | |
| 1940 | — | #453 | 164 | |
| 1939 | — | #497 | 131 | |
| 1938 | — | #487 | 141 | |
| 1937 | — | #456 | 150 | |
| 1936 | — | #511 | 121 | |
| 1935 | — | #508 | 128 | |
| 1934 | — | #501 | 132 | |
| 1933 | — | #488 | 132 | |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | #499 | 132 |
| 1931 | — | #425 | 177 | |
| 1930 | — | #449 | 173 | |
| 1929 | — | #482 | 148 | |
| 1928 | — | #499 | 146 | |
| 1927 | — | #445 | 189 | |
| 1926 | — | #519 | 136 | |
| 1925 | — | #478 | 162 | |
| 1924 | — | #504 | 153 | |
| 1923 | — | #521 | 136 | |
| 1922 | — | #588 | 119 | |
| 1921 | — | #546 | 130 | |
| 1920 | — | #646 | 96 | |
| 1919 | — | #682 | 83 | |
| 1918 | — | #679 | 84 | |
| 1917 | — | #668 | 80 | |
| 1916 | — | #810 | 58 | |
| 1915 | — | #816 | 56 | |
| 1914 | — | #697 | 54 | |
| 1913 | — | #897 | 30 | |
| 1912 | — | #735 | 34 | |
| 1911 | — | #759 | 18 | |
| 1910 | — | #598 | 23 | |
| 1909 | — | #679 | 16 | |
| 1908 | — | #779 | 12 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,200 | 6 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,111 | 6 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #566 | 16 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,009 | 6 | |
| 1902 | — | #687 | 11 | |
| 1901 | — | #943 | 6 | |
| 1900 | — | #743 | 12 | |
| 1899 | — | #786 | 8 | |
| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
| 1897 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1896 | — | #982 | 6 | |
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #861 | 7 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #1,031 | 5 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #647 | 9 | |
| 1885 | — | #641 | 9 | |
| 1884 | — | #613 | 10 | |
| 1883 | — | #799 | 6 | |
| 1882 | — | #837 | 6 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #682 | 8 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Fernando was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Fernando is popular in 1996
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#76 · 1 in 322
- Arizona#85 · 1 in 329
- New Mexico#86 · 1 in 337
- Nevada#100 · 1 in 401
- Texas#112 · 1 in 434
Best ever in a state: #39 in Arizona, 1921.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #76 | 788 | 1 in 322 |
| Arizona | #85 | 102 | 1 in 329 |
| New Mexico | #86 | 32 | 1 in 337 |
| Nevada | #100 | 26 | 1 in 401 |
| Texas | #112 | 359 | 1 in 434 |
| Idaho | #153 | 12 | 1 in 610 |
| Rhode Island | #153 | 6 | 1 in 923 |
| Illinois | #159 | 103 | 1 in 786 |
| Washington | #162 | 43 | 1 in 783 |
| New Jersey | #177 | 41 | 1 in 1,187 |
| Oregon | #196 | 20 | 1 in 983 |
| Florida | #218 | 68 | 1 in 1,248 |
| New York | #221 | 79 | 1 in 1,503 |
| District of Columbia | #228 | 5 | 1 in 999 |
| Colorado | #249 | 18 | 1 in 1,380 |
| Nebraska | #293 | 5 | 1 in 1,961 |
| Utah | #293 | 11 | 1 in 1,722 |
| Kansas | #323 | 7 | 1 in 2,147 |
| Connecticut | #341 | 6 | 1 in 3,202 |
| North Carolina | #356 | 17 | 1 in 2,699 |
| Georgia | #359 | 21 | 1 in 2,307 |
| Virginia | #385 | 13 | 1 in 3,001 |
| Tennessee | #395 | 10 | 1 in 3,439 |
| Massachusetts | #414 | 7 | 1 in 5,310 |
| Indiana | #436 | 9 | 1 in 4,179 |
| Oklahoma | #473 | 5 | 1 in 3,812 |
| Pennsylvania | #475 | 13 | 1 in 5,257 |
| Wisconsin | #532 | 5 | 1 in 5,856 |
| Maryland | #566 | 5 | 1 in 5,746 |
| Michigan | #601 | 9 | 1 in 6,621 |
| Ohio | #701 | 7 | 1 in 10,046 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
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| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Fernando
- 35 spots since 2024 (#352 → #387)
- 45 spots since 2020 (#342 → #387)
- 115 spots since 2015 (#272 → #387)
- Biggest jump: 443 spots in 1904 (#1,009 → #566)
- Biggest drop: 334 spots in 1898 (#787 → #1,121)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1997 at #149 (2,315 births)
- Births halved by 2017, 20 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 133 yrs · run 1908–2025
- Highest: 1 in 745 boys born in 2006 were named Fernando (0.13%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,086 boys born in 2025 (0.05%)
- Its best rank, #149 in 1997, was only 1 in 814 (0.12%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 24.4% of all boys named Fernando (25,152) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 53 | #613 (1884) | #750 |
| 1890s | 47 | #786 (1899) | #915 |
| 1900s | 91 | #566 (1904) | #857 |
| 1910s | 520 | #598 (1910) | #734 |
| 1920s | 1,415 | #445 (1927) | #523 |
| 1930s | 1,417 | #425 (1931) | #482 |
| 1940s | 2,107 | #387 (1948) | #440 |
| 1950s | 4,993 | #299 (1954) | #328 |
| 1960s | 6,113 | #287 (1969) | #309 |
| 1970s | 9,172 | #201 (1977) | #235 |
| 1980s | 13,198 | #185 (1982) | #194 |
| 1990s | 19,433 | #149 (1997) | #171 |
| 2000s | 25,152 | #150 (2000) | #160 |
| 2010s | 13,867 | #189 (2010) | #265 |
| 2020s | 5,561 | #342 (2022) | #354 |
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.
Fernando in 1996
Top girls' names in 1996
Top boys' names in 1996
More about 1996
girls
1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 175,301 of them was named Fernando, which outranked 48.8% 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).
- #7,574Zania11
- #7,574Zariya11
- #7,574Zhana11
- #8,132Fernando10
- #8,132Aaliya10
- #8,132Aariel10
- #8,132Aarti10
- #8,812Aarion9
- #8,812Abagael9
- #8,812Adaisha9
Tied with 679 names at #8,132; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 1,010 of them was named Fernando, which outranked 98.3% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.