How rare is the name Ford?

5,276 people in the United States have the first name Ford, about 1 in 57,246. It ranks #3,766 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

FORD

#3,766

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,276
About
1 in 57,246
This common or more
83%
Who bears it

Of the 5,276 people named Ford, 84.3% reported their origin as White, 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.3% as Black. 97.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ford peaked in 2021, when 707 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2021
Births that year
707
In 2025*
642 ▼9%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 11,026 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.

Ford by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #998. The largest share of babies named Ford, 55.2%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#1,38982
1890s#1,492115
1900s#1,626135
1910s#1,313694
1920s#1,578737
1930s#2,239353
1940s#2,182445
1950s#2,643418
1960s#3,726267
1970s#6,258156
1980s#7,107169
1990s#5,663330
2000s#4,612626
2010s#1,7702,783
2020s#9983,716
Before 19012%
Greatest Generation 1901–2713.1%
Silent Generation 1928–456.3%
Baby boom 1946–646.9%
Generation X 1965–802.6%
Millennials 1981–963.3%
Generation Z 1997–1210.5%
2013 and later55.2%

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 Ford is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ford has been most common in Utah (3.2×), Colorado (2.1×), and Arizona (2×), and least common in New Jersey (0.38×).

6,911 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.

Either side of Ford

#3,764 Dandre · 5,281#3,765 Siddharth · 5,279#3,767 Kaylah · 5,273#3,768 Charleen · 5,268

Also a last name

As a last name, Ford ranks #140 of 156,621, with 178,559 people. See Ford as a last name

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