Ferdinand

#4,249 for boys in 2025, 24 births

Peak · boys
#227
1884 · 55 births
Debut · boys
1880
32 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
8,909
since 1880

Ferdinand over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ferdinand has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201905peak #227, 1884boys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#4,24924
2024#3,89628
2023#3,80229
2022#3,77429
2021#5,56216
2020#5,98014
2019#4,80620
2018#4,09425
2017#5,29717
2016#3,23035
2015#4,71120
2014#4,13824
2013#4,06424
2012#4,53321
2011#4,65920
2010#4,24123
2009#4,74820
2008#4,04425
2007#4,12724
2006#4,37021
2005#5,03416
2004#5,00716
2003#4,11420
2002#4,91915
2001#3,72122
2000#4,57316
1999#4,34116
1998#3,84918
1997#4,05916
1996#2,74727
1995#3,10022
1994#2,68527
1993#3,36819
1992#2,53228
1991#2,54427
1990#2,08635
1989#2,06834
1988#2,43724
1987#1,68440
1986#1,91731
1985#1,72435
1984#2,09825
1983#2,01726
1982#1,39546
1981#1,54839
1980#1,65535
1979#1,86729
1978#1,61634
1977#1,25250
1976#1,45338
1975#1,32243
1974#1,43936
1973#1,23145
1972#1,23045
1971#98568
1970#1,09356
1969#1,07552
1968#98656
1967#99253
1966#96856
1965#1,00054
1964#1,28837
1963#1,19542
1962#1,08250
1961#1,00160
1960#95163
1959#90671
1958#1,04953
1957#98160
1956#91766
1955#87471
1954#88769
1953#88466
1952#84069
1951#94954
1950#94853
1949#1,08542
1948#82468
1947#86165
1946#98047
1945#84555
1944#81459
1943#76473
1942#77070
1941#78663
1940#79261
1939#66380
1938#586100
1937#78162
1936#529116
1935#575101
1934#66683
1933#60393
1932#565109
1931#562109
1930#494145
1929#499138
1928#487156
1927#484156
1926#473161
1925#481159
1924#449185
1923#432198
1922#410214
1921#409222
1920#446185
1919#407205
1918#363259
1917#362236
1916#339246
1915#336245
1914#318204
1913#372127
1912#363113
1911#39951
1910#37048
1909#39738
1908#40035
1907#38135
1906#35534
1905#37031
1904#33536
1903#48719
1902#34832
1901#33429
1900#33741
1899#29435
1898#35030
1897#35328
1896#29040
1895#28938
1894#26144
1893#26245
1892#32033
1891#31828
1890#29933
1889#28834
1888#27842
1887#24443
1886#26740
1885#27736
1884#22755
1883#29830
1882#24248
1881#34223
1880#29132
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Ferdinand was already there! It came in at #291, and was given to 32 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 2019–2021, when fewer than 21 boys a year got the name.

Where Ferdinand is popular in 1905

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Ferdinand
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 353 spots since 2024 (#3,896 → #4,249)
  • 1,731 spots since 2020 (#5,980 → #4,249)
  • 462 spots since 2015 (#4,711 → #4,249)
  • Biggest jump: 288 spots in 1965 (#1,288 → #1,000)
  • Biggest drop: 261 spots in 1949 (#824 → #1,085)
Rise & fade · boys
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1884 at #227 (55 births)
  • Births halved by 1903, 19 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 84 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 84 yrs · run 1880–1948
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,081
  • Highest: 1 in 2,081 boys born in 1884 were named Ferdinand (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 71,170 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 19.9% of all boys named Ferdinand (1,774) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s383#227 (1884)#275
1890s354#261 (1894)#304
1900s330#334 (1901)#374
1910s1,734#318 (1914)#363
1920s1,774#409 (1921)#457
1930s998#494 (1930)#602
1940s603#764 (1943)#852
1950s632#840 (1952)#924
1960s523#951 (1960)#1,054
1970s444#985 (1971)#1,349
1980s335#1,395 (1982)#1,854
1990s235#2,086 (1990)#3,131
2000s195#3,721 (2001)#4,466
2010s229#3,230 (2016)#4,377
2020s140#3,774 (2022)#4,544

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.

Ferdinand in 1905

boys
#370
31 births · 1 in 4,268 boys

Top boys' names in 1905

  1. #1John8,059
  2. #2William6,495
  3. #3James6,042
  4. #4George4,256
  5. #5Charles3,608
  6. #6Robert3,410
  7. #7Joseph3,302
  8. #8Frank2,837
  9. #9Edward2,366
  10. #10Thomas2,135
  11. #370Ferdinand31
More about 1905

boys

132,306 boys got a published name in 1905; 1 in 4,268 of them was named Ferdinand, which outranked 74.0% of the 1,421 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ferdinand
  1. #365Francisco32
  2. #365Newton32
  3. #365Sammie32
  4. #370Ferdinand31
  5. #370Dominick31
  6. #370Dudley31
  7. #370Ellsworth31
  8. #384Basil30
  9. #384Burton30
  10. #384Irwin30

Tied with 13 names at #370; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1904
Risers
  1. ↑ 590Ludwig#1,205 → #615
  2. ↑ 539Domenick#1,205 → #666
  3. ↑ 506Cloyd#1,205 → #699
  4. ↑ 506Conley#1,205 → #699
  5. ↑ 506Elgin#1,205 → #699
Fallers
  1. ↓ 621Urban#612 → #1,233
  2. ↓ 586Sammy#647 → #1,233
  3. ↓ 576Randall#515 → #1,091
  4. ↓ 553Santiago#538 → #1,091
  5. ↓ 547Duane#686 → #1,233

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

See the top 100 for 1905 →