How rare is the name Fernando?

151,654 people in the United States have the first name Fernando, about 1 in 1,992. It ranks #368 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

FERNANDO

#368

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
151,654
About
1 in 1,992
This common or more
52.8%
Who bears it

Of the 151,654 people named Fernando, 91.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 4.8% as White and 2% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Fernando peaked in 2006, when 2,765 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2006
Births that year
2,765
In 2025*
819 ▼70%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 103,729 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.

Fernando by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #297. The largest share of babies named Fernando, 35.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#1,68253
1890s#2,22147
1900s#2,03491
1910s#1,530520
1920s#1,1171,415
1930s#1,0101,423
1940s#9452,107
1950s#7295,012
1960s#6836,149
1970s#5139,246
1980s#39613,355
1990s#33219,601
2000s#29725,257
2010s#50313,892
2020s#7035,561
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–271.7%
Silent Generation 1928–452.7%
Baby boom 1946–648.8%
Generation X 1965–8013.1%
Millennials 1981–9624.2%
Generation Z 1997–1235.7%
2013 and later13.8%

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 Fernando is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Fernando has been most common in Arizona (4.1×), California (3.5×), and New Mexico (3.2×), and least common in Mississippi (0.04×).

99,752 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 Fernando

1 other first name also has 151,654 people.

#368 Sofia · 151,654

Either side of Fernando

#366 Jeffery · 152,231#367 Wyatt · 152,059#368 Sofia · 151,654#370 Landon · 151,003

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Fernando, most common first.

#1,525 Fernanda · 21,648#13,732 Fernand · 873#16,643 Fernande · 674#18,138 Fernandez · 597#29,557 Fernan · 299

Also a last name

As a last name, Fernando ranks #5,465 of 156,621, with 6,153 people. See Fernando as a last name

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