Ferdie — boys' name

What the Data Says About Ferdie

The Social Security Administration has registered 233 babies named Ferdie between 1894 and 1963, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ferdie currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1963. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ferdie performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 75 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Ferdie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 42 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ferdie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ferdie in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 233 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.