Ford

Last seen for girls in 2019 at #13,799 · #474 for boys in 2025, 642 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1890 · 17 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
11,009
since 1880

Ford over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ford has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201941peak #434, 1890boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#474642
2024—#570507
2023—#523564
2022—#476649
2021—#439707
2020—#459647
2019#13,7996#562497
2018#13,7936#635417
2017—#711344
2016—#714342
2015#16,4195#741327
2014—#884245
2013—#1,047183
2012—#1,090171
2011—#1,244139
2010—#1,565101
2009—#1,66594
2008—#1,73687
2007—#2,07166
2006—#1,62788
2005—#2,00862
2004—#2,78837
2003—#2,07754
2002—#2,29545
2001—#2,38641
2000—#1,96852
1999—#2,46236
1998—#2,45035
1997—#1,89049
1996—#2,25436
1995—#2,21036
1994—#2,12338
1993—#2,64127
1992—#2,53228
1991—#2,60626
1990—#3,16619
1989—#2,78422
1988—#2,36725
1987—#2,64120
1986—#3,00516
1985—#2,82817
1984—#2,70617
1983—#2,78716
1982—#3,96610
1981—#3,03014
1980—#3,43012
1979—#2,15723
1978—#3,40011
1977—#3,8369
1976—#2,70915
1975—#2,63715
1974—#4,6346
1973—#2,12419
1972—#2,99111
1971—#2,05220
1970—#1,65827
1969—#1,60526
1968—#1,69522
1967—#1,65222
1966—#1,54025
1965—#1,45628
1964—#2,04016
1963—#1,42630
1962—#1,42330
1961—#1,40632
1960—#1,32036
1959—#1,11748
1958—#1,26537
1957—#1,19942
1956—#1,17142
1955—#1,50326
1954—#1,06849
1953—#1,10244
1952—#1,19538
1951—#98451
1950—#1,10541
1949—#1,02946
1948—#1,04745
1947—#87863
1946—#98047
1945—#1,03938
1944—#91848
1943—#1,05341
1942—#1,03642
1941—#93846
1940—#1,25129
1939—#95443
1938—#1,10934
1937—#1,14833
1936—#1,22529
1935—#1,09835
1934—#1,15033
1933—#1,15932
1932—#1,17533
1931—#1,17034
1930—#99047
1929—#94051
1928—#96350
1927—#84963
1926—#76571
1925—#68288
1924—#77176
1923—#588115
1922—#69887
1921—#74579
1920—#91157
1919—#70479
1918—#76172
1917—#61095
1916—#571101
1915—#482133
1914—#59172
1913—#61551
1912—#52157
1911—#75918
1910—#75516
1909—#67916
1908—#52223
1907—#9309
1906—#67413
1905—#69912
1904—#8109
1903—#7839
1902—#61513
1901—#8587
1900—#46924
1899—#61311
1898—#7449
1897—#68110
1896—#67411
1895—#7958
1894—#56713
1893—#53813
1892—#59712
1891—#56411
1890—#43417
1889—#48215
1888—#7558
1887—#58310
1886—#8456
1885—#6419
1884——
1883—#6778
1882—#7547
1881—#53311
1880—#6828
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Ford was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1884, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Ford is popular in 1941

No state had 5 or more boys named Ford in 1941, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Ford
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 96 spots since 2024 (#570 → #474)
  • 15 spots since 2020 (#459 → #474)
  • 267 spots since 2015 (#741 → #474)
  • Biggest jump: 408 spots in 1908 (#930 → #522)
  • Biggest drop: 389 spots in 1901 (#469 → #858)
Rise & fade · boys
10 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1890 at #434 (17 births)
  • Births halved by 1895, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 68 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 68 yrs · run 1885–1930
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,475
  • Highest: 1 in 2,475 boys born in 2021 were named Ford (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,661 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
  • Its best rank, #434 in 1890, was only 1 in 6,531 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 33.8% of all boys named Ford (3,716) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s82#482 (1889)#661
1890s115#434 (1890)#621
1900s135#469 (1900)#704
1910s694#482 (1915)#637
1920s737#588 (1923)#791
1930s353#954 (1939)#1,118
1940s445#878 (1947)#1,017
1950s418#984 (1951)#1,171
1960s267#1,320 (1960)#1,556
1970s156#1,658 (1970)#2,820
1980s169#2,367 (1988)#2,954
1990s330#1,890 (1997)#2,433
2000s626#1,627 (2006)#2,062
2010s2,766#562 (2019)#919
2020s3,716#439 (2021)#490

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.

Ford in 1941

boys
#938
46 births · 1 in 26,703 boys

Top boys' names in 1941

  1. #1James66,751
  2. #2Robert64,247
  3. #3John57,520
  4. #4William47,798
  5. #5Richard39,112
  6. #6Charles32,742
  7. #7David30,553
  8. #8Thomas26,641
  9. #9Ronald24,407
  10. #10Donald22,641
  11. #938Ford46
More about 1941

boys

1,228,318 boys got a published name in 1941; 1 in 26,703 of them was named Ford, which outranked 76.6% of the 4,002 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ford
  1. #925Trinidad47
  2. #925Vernell47
  3. #925Williams47
  4. #938Ford46
  5. #938Burnell46
  6. #938Clem46
  7. #938Crawford46
  8. #951Beryl45
  9. #951Cornell45
  10. #951Denzil45

Tied with 12 names at #938; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1940
Risers
  1. ↑ 586Gay#1,573 → #987
  2. ↑ 375Issac#1,251 → #876
  3. ↑ 363Otho#1,334 → #971
  4. ↑ 338Lawrance#1,208 → #870
  5. ↑ 313Ford#1,251 → #938
Fallers
  1. ↓ 508Wilkie#792 → #1,300
  2. ↓ 452Arlis#994 → #1,446
  3. ↓ 394Ruby#939 → #1,333
  4. ↓ 359Gonzalo#850 → #1,209
  5. ↓ 325Lenord#929 → #1,254

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

See the top 100 for 1941 →