Ferd
Last seen for boys in 1965 at #3,930
- Peak · boys
- 1889 · 11 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 689since 1880
Ferd over time
Rank among boys' names. Ferd has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #2,798 | 9 |
| 1955 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | #2,608 | 9 |
| 1947 | #2,671 | 9 |
| 1946 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,195 | 11 |
| 1943 | #2,964 | 7 |
| 1942 | #2,386 | 10 |
| 1941 | #1,997 | 13 |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,050 | 12 |
| 1938 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1937 | #1,828 | 15 |
| 1936 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | #1,656 | 18 |
| 1934 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1933 | #1,586 | 19 |
| 1932 | #2,465 | 10 |
| 1931 | #2,651 | 9 |
| 1930 | #2,293 | 12 |
| 1929 | #2,096 | 14 |
| 1928 | #1,960 | 16 |
| 1927 | #1,959 | 17 |
| 1926 | #2,302 | 13 |
| 1925 | #2,012 | 16 |
| 1924 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1923 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #1,952 | 17 |
| 1921 | #1,703 | 21 |
| 1920 | #1,820 | 19 |
| 1919 | #1,481 | 24 |
| 1918 | #1,767 | 19 |
| 1917 | #1,643 | 20 |
| 1916 | #2,389 | 11 |
| 1915 | #1,505 | 21 |
| 1914 | #1,687 | 14 |
| 1913 | #2,092 | 8 |
| 1912 | #1,174 | 16 |
| 1911 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | #1,193 | 8 |
| 1909 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,002 | 7 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,013 | 6 |
| 1901 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | #857 | 7 |
| 1898 | #885 | 7 |
| 1897 | #852 | 7 |
| 1896 | #1,101 | 5 |
| 1895 | #795 | 8 |
| 1894 | #954 | 6 |
| 1893 | #907 | 6 |
| 1892 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #739 | 8 |
| 1889 | #581 | 11 |
| 1888 | #917 | 6 |
| 1887 | #819 | 6 |
| 1886 | #605 | 10 |
| 1885 | #700 | 8 |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | #677 | 8 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | #781 | 6 |
| 1880 | #809 | 6 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Ferd was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Ferd is popular in 1881
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Ferd
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1965
- Biggest jump: 336 spots in 1889 (#917 → #581)
- Biggest drop: 453 spots in 1900 (#857 → #1,310)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1889 at #581 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1891, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1885–1890
- Highest: 1 in 10,053 boys born in 1889 were named Ferd (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 372,029 boys born in 1965 (0.00%)
- 21.9% of all boys named Ferd (151) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 61 | #581 (1889) | #736 |
| 1890s | 59 | #739 (1890) | #906 |
| 1900s | 28 | #1,002 (1905) | #1,165 |
| 1910s | 148 | #1,174 (1912) | #1,632 |
| 1920s | 151 | #1,703 (1921) | #2,239 |
| 1930s | 119 | #1,586 (1933) | #2,272 |
| 1940s | 75 | #1,997 (1941) | #2,543 |
| 1950s | 38 | #2,798 (1956) | #3,465 |
| 1960s | 10 | #3,930 (1965) | #3,998 |
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.
Ferd in 1881
Top boys' names in 1881
More about 1881
boys
100,735 boys got a published name in 1881; 1 in 16,789 of them was named Ferd, which outranked 21.6% of the 996 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 43.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).