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
Showing
- 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
boys
Rank among boys' names. Ford has never cracked the top 400 here.
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
| 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 | |
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 2021
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Idaho#252 · 1 in 891
- Nebraska#254 · 1 in 889
- Michigan#292 · 1 in 1,264
- Utah#316 · 1 in 1,280
- Georgia#323 · 1 in 1,439
Best ever in a state: #129 in Michigan, 1912.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | #252 | 9 | 1 in 891 |
| Nebraska | #254 | 10 | 1 in 889 |
| Michigan | #292 | 34 | 1 in 1,264 |
| Utah | #316 | 15 | 1 in 1,280 |
| Georgia | #323 | 35 | 1 in 1,439 |
| Ohio | #349 | 32 | 1 in 1,694 |
| Minnesota | #352 | 16 | 1 in 1,571 |
| Missouri | #354 | 18 | 1 in 1,586 |
| Iowa | #355 | 10 | 1 in 1,406 |
| Arizona | #370 | 20 | 1 in 1,631 |
| North Carolina | #371 | 28 | 1 in 1,823 |
| California | #377 | 96 | 1 in 1,973 |
| Illinois | #381 | 29 | 1 in 1,859 |
| Massachusetts | #381 | 13 | 1 in 2,194 |
| Washington | #391 | 19 | 1 in 1,758 |
| Oklahoma | #398 | 11 | 1 in 1,632 |
| Colorado | #404 | 14 | 1 in 1,845 |
| Virginia | #418 | 19 | 1 in 2,058 |
| Pennsylvania | #432 | 23 | 1 in 2,411 |
| Connecticut | #438 | 6 | 1 in 2,329 |
| Kansas | #450 | 7 | 1 in 1,972 |
| Oregon | #450 | 8 | 1 in 1,987 |
| Tennessee | #457 | 16 | 1 in 2,240 |
| Texas | #474 | 68 | 1 in 2,517 |
| New Jersey | #488 | 15 | 1 in 2,704 |
| Indiana | #493 | 14 | 1 in 2,340 |
| Florida | #523 | 30 | 1 in 3,092 |
| Alabama | #547 | 8 | 1 in 2,752 |
| New York | #551 | 28 | 1 in 3,183 |
| Kentucky | #572 | 6 | 1 in 3,309 |
| South Carolina | #696 | 5 | 1 in 4,051 |
| Wisconsin | #699 | 6 | 1 in 4,054 |
| Maryland | #708 | 6 | 1 in 4,158 |
| Louisiana | #717 | 6 | 1 in 3,623 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
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| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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.
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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
| 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 2021
boys
#439
707 births · 1 in 2,475 boys
Top boys' names in 2021
More about 2021
boys
1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 2,475 of them was named Ford, which outranked 96.9% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Ford
Biggest movers since 2020
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.