Fernand — boys' name

What the Data Says About Fernand

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,493 babies named Fernand between 1882 and 2017, spanning 136 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Fernand currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 73 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Fernand performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 562 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Fernand shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Maine, which accounts for 382 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Massachusetts and New Hampshire. In total, SSA state-level files list Fernand in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Fernand 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 1,493 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.