How rare is the name Ferdinand?

6,930 people in the United States have the first name Ferdinand, about 1 in 43,583. It ranks #3,146 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

FERDINAND

#3,146

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,930
About
1 in 43,583
This common or more
81.8%
Who bears it

Of the 6,930 people named Ferdinand, 42.3% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 25.4% as White and 17.3% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ferdinand peaked in 1918, when 259 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1918
Births that year
259
In 2025*
24 ▼91%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 8,909 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Ferdinand by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #597. The largest share of babies named Ferdinand, 39.3%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#597383
1890s#763354
1900s#981330
1910s#7811,734
1920s#9671,774
1930s#1,240998
1940s#1,852603
1950s#2,110632
1960s#2,544523
1970s#3,201444
1980s#4,472335
1990s#7,216235
2000s#10,280195
2010s#9,674229
2020s#9,307140
Before 19018.7%
Greatest Generation 1901–2739.3%
Silent Generation 1928–4518.8%
Baby boom 1946–6412.4%
Generation X 1965–808.4%
Millennials 1981–965.4%
Generation Z 1997–123.5%
2013 and later3.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Ferdinand is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ferdinand has been most common in Louisiana (5.7×), New York (4.2×), and North Dakota (2.8×), and least common in Texas (0.31×).

4,589 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Ferdinand

1 other first name also has 6,930 people.

#3,146 Yousef · 6,930

Either side of Ferdinand

#3,144 Concetta · 6,950#3,145 Anders · 6,937#3,146 Yousef · 6,930#3,148 Misti · 6,928

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ferdinand, most common first.

#20,316 Ferdinando · 510

Also a last name

As a last name, Ferdinand ranks #10,821 of 156,621, with 2,812 people. See Ferdinand as a last name

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