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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202013peak #434, 1890boys
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
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 2013

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Ford, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Ford, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Ford, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Ford, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Ford, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Ford, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Ford, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ford, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Ford, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Ford, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Ford, so not publishedWIMichigan: #659 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 4,799 boysMINew York: #1,761 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 20,496 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Ford, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Ford, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Ford, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Ford, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Ford, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ford, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Ford, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Ford, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Ford, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #1,137 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 11,951 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Ford, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Ford, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #856 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 8,408 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Ford, so not publishedUTColorado: #554 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,353 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Ford, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Ford, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Ford, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ford, so not publishedWVVirginia: #684 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 5,215 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Ford, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Ford, so not publishedDEArizona: #765 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,132 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Ford, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ford, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ford, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Ford, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #1,052 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 10,082 boysNCSouth Carolina: #651 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,242 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Ford, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #686 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,227 boysOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Ford, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Ford, so not publishedMSAlabama: #664 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,475 boysALGeorgia: #716 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 4,880 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Ford, so not publishedHITexas: #821 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 6,933 boysTXFlorida: #1,291 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 13,343 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Colorado#554 · 1 in 3,353
  2. South Carolina#651 · 1 in 4,242
  3. Michigan#659 · 1 in 4,799
  4. Alabama#664 · 1 in 4,475
  5. Virginia#684 · 1 in 5,215

Best ever in a state: #129 in Michigan, 1912.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Colorado#55481 in 3,353
South Carolina#65151 in 4,242
Michigan#659101 in 4,799
Alabama#66451 in 4,475
Virginia#68481 in 5,215
Oklahoma#68651 in 4,227
Georgia#716111 in 4,880
Arizona#76561 in 6,132
Texas#821261 in 6,933
California#856271 in 8,408
North Carolina#1,05251 in 10,082
Pennsylvania#1,13751 in 11,951
Florida#1,29171 in 13,343
New York#1,76151 in 20,496
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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 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 2013

boys
#1,047
183 births · 1 in 10,337 boys

Top boys' names in 2013

  1. #1Noah18,291
  2. #2Jacob18,201
  3. #3Liam18,153
  4. #4Mason17,730
  5. #5William16,669
  6. #6Ethan16,260
  7. #7Michael15,544
  8. #8Alexander14,923
  9. #9Jayden14,804
  10. #10Daniel14,326
  11. #1,047Ford183
More about 2013

boys

1,891,581 boys got a published name in 2013; 1 in 10,337 of them was named Ford, which outranked 92.6% of the 14,070 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ford
  1. #1,043Jabari184
  2. #1,043Leighton184
  3. #1,043Sutton184
  4. #1,047Ford183
  5. #1,047Baylor183
  6. #1,047Gerard183
  7. #1,047Jaeden183
  8. #1,052Cael182
  9. #1,052Ignacio182
  10. #1,054Cale180

Tied with 4 names at #1,047; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2012
Risers
  1. 843Jayceon#1,050#207
  2. 636Milan#1,182#546
  3. 604Atlas#1,383#779
  4. 504Jayse#1,466#962
  5. 423Duke#1,145#722
Fallers
  1. 318Austyn#898#1,216
  2. 291Masen#723#1,014
  3. 274Jaidyn#979#1,253
  4. 267Trevon#925#1,192
  5. 260Bently#637#897

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

See the top 100 for 2013