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
- Peak · boys
- 1890 · 17 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 11,009since 1880
Ford over time
Rank among boys' names. Ford has never cracked the top 400 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 | — | #474 | 642 | |
| 2024 | — | #570 | 507 | |
| 2023 | — | #523 | 564 | |
| 2022 | — | #476 | 649 | |
| 2021 | — | #439 | 707 | |
| 2020 | — | #459 | 647 | |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | #562 | 497 |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | #635 | 417 |
| 2017 | — | #711 | 344 | |
| 2016 | — | #714 | 342 | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #741 | 327 |
| 2014 | — | #884 | 245 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,047 | 183 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,090 | 171 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,244 | 139 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,565 | 101 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,665 | 94 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,736 | 87 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,071 | 66 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,627 | 88 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,008 | 62 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,788 | 37 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,077 | 54 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,295 | 45 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,386 | 41 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,968 | 52 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,462 | 36 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,450 | 35 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,890 | 49 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,254 | 36 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,210 | 36 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,123 | 38 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,641 | 27 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,532 | 28 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,606 | 26 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,166 | 19 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,784 | 22 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,367 | 25 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,641 | 20 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,005 | 16 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,828 | 17 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,706 | 17 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,787 | 16 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,966 | 10 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,030 | 14 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,430 | 12 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,157 | 23 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,400 | 11 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,836 | 9 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,709 | 15 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,637 | 15 | |
| 1974 | — | #4,634 | 6 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,124 | 19 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,991 | 11 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,052 | 20 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,658 | 27 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,605 | 26 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,695 | 22 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,652 | 22 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,540 | 25 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,456 | 28 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,040 | 16 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,426 | 30 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,423 | 30 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,406 | 32 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,320 | 36 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,117 | 48 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,265 | 37 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,199 | 42 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,171 | 42 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,503 | 26 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,068 | 49 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,102 | 44 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,195 | 38 | |
| 1951 | — | #984 | 51 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,105 | 41 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,029 | 46 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,047 | 45 | |
| 1947 | — | #878 | 63 | |
| 1946 | — | #980 | 47 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,039 | 38 | |
| 1944 | — | #918 | 48 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,053 | 41 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,036 | 42 | |
| 1941 | — | #938 | 46 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,251 | 29 | |
| 1939 | — | #954 | 43 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,109 | 34 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,148 | 33 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,225 | 29 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,098 | 35 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,150 | 33 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,159 | 32 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,175 | 33 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,170 | 34 | |
| 1930 | — | #990 | 47 | |
| 1929 | — | #940 | 51 | |
| 1928 | — | #963 | 50 | |
| 1927 | — | #849 | 63 | |
| 1926 | — | #765 | 71 | |
| 1925 | — | #682 | 88 | |
| 1924 | — | #771 | 76 | |
| 1923 | — | #588 | 115 | |
| 1922 | — | #698 | 87 | |
| 1921 | — | #745 | 79 | |
| 1920 | — | #911 | 57 | |
| 1919 | — | #704 | 79 | |
| 1918 | — | #761 | 72 | |
| 1917 | — | #610 | 95 | |
| 1916 | — | #571 | 101 | |
| 1915 | — | #482 | 133 | |
| 1914 | — | #591 | 72 | |
| 1913 | — | #615 | 51 | |
| 1912 | — | #521 | 57 | |
| 1911 | — | #759 | 18 | |
| 1910 | — | #755 | 16 | |
| 1909 | — | #679 | 16 | |
| 1908 | — | #522 | 23 | |
| 1907 | — | #930 | 9 | |
| 1906 | — | #674 | 13 | |
| 1905 | — | #699 | 12 | |
| 1904 | — | #810 | 9 | |
| 1903 | — | #783 | 9 | |
| 1902 | — | #615 | 13 | |
| 1901 | — | #858 | 7 | |
| 1900 | — | #469 | 24 | |
| 1899 | — | #613 | 11 | |
| 1898 | — | #744 | 9 | |
| 1897 | — | #681 | 10 | |
| 1896 | — | #674 | 11 | |
| 1895 | — | #795 | 8 | |
| 1894 | — | #567 | 13 | |
| 1893 | — | #538 | 13 | |
| 1892 | — | #597 | 12 | |
| 1891 | — | #564 | 11 | |
| 1890 | — | #434 | 17 | |
| 1889 | — | #482 | 15 | |
| 1888 | — | #755 | 8 | |
| 1887 | — | #583 | 10 | |
| 1886 | — | #845 | 6 | |
| 1885 | — | #641 | 9 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #677 | 8 | |
| 1882 | — | #754 | 7 | |
| 1881 | — | #533 | 11 | |
| 1880 | — | #682 | 8 | |
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.
See more about Ford
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1890 at #434 (17 births)
- Births halved by 1895, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 68 yrs · run 1885–1930
- 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
- 33.8% of all boys named Ford (3,716) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 82 | #482 (1889) | #661 |
| 1890s | 115 | #434 (1890) | #621 |
| 1900s | 135 | #469 (1900) | #704 |
| 1910s | 694 | #482 (1915) | #637 |
| 1920s | 737 | #588 (1923) | #791 |
| 1930s | 353 | #954 (1939) | #1,118 |
| 1940s | 445 | #878 (1947) | #1,017 |
| 1950s | 418 | #984 (1951) | #1,171 |
| 1960s | 267 | #1,320 (1960) | #1,556 |
| 1970s | 156 | #1,658 (1970) | #2,820 |
| 1980s | 169 | #2,367 (1988) | #2,954 |
| 1990s | 330 | #1,890 (1997) | #2,433 |
| 2000s | 626 | #1,627 (2006) | #2,062 |
| 2010s | 2,766 | #562 (2019) | #919 |
| 2020s | 3,716 | #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 2018
Top girls' names in 2018
Top boys' names in 2018
More about 2018
girls
1,701,074 girls got a published name in 2018; 1 in 283,512 of them was named Ford, which outranked 24.0% of the 18,152 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #12,464Zyannah7
- #12,464Zyliah7
- #12,464Zyna7
- #13,793Ford6
- #13,793Aabriella6
- #13,793Aadhyareddy6
- #13,793Aadhyasri6
- #15,682Aabidah5
- #15,682Aaheli5
- #15,682Aalasia5
Tied with 1,888 names at #13,793; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 4,355 of them was named Ford, which outranked 95.5% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.