Ferdinando — boys' name

What the Data Says About Ferdinando

The Social Security Administration has registered 303 babies named Ferdinando between 1912 and 2017, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ferdinando currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1966, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ferdinando performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 67 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Ferdinando shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Ferdinando in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ferdinando 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 303 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.