Boys' name · since 1969
Ferlando
Since 1969, U.S. Social Security records show 91 babies named Ferlando, peaking in 1984. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,015 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 91
- born since 1969
- 1980s
- peak decade
Ferlando is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 91 have been recorded since 1969.
Ferlando has 91 recorded births among boys since 1969, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 1998.
- #18,015 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 91 born since 1969
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ferlando ranks #18,015 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 91 born since 1969, peaking in the 1980s.
- #18,015 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 91
- born since 1969
- 1980s
- peak decade
Ferlando's 91 recorded births place it above 60.31% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ferlando's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ferlando splits its recorded history at 1981: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1970 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1984 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ferlando popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–1998
- Peak year (1984)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Ferlando by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (47 births, 52% of the file).
1980s was Ferlando's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Ferlando births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
33 births
- 1980s
1980s
47 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 47 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Ferlando's decade-level peak was the 1980s (47 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ferlando: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~29 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1969–1998 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ferlando draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.