Ferdinand — #3883 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ferdinand

The Social Security Administration has registered 8,885 babies named Ferdinand between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ferdinand currently holds the #3883 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 259 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ferdinand performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 1,774 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Ferdinand shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 1,503 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Ferdinand in 26 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ferdinand 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 8,885 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.