Fernand
Fernand was last recorded in 2017, when 7 babies were given it; 1,493 Americans have been recorded with it between 1882 and 2017 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Fernand by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Fernand mean?
Wiktionary, French section
Fernand is “a male given name, equivalent to English Ferdinand”
/fɛʁ.nɑ̃/
Meaning: Wiktionary, French section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Fernand?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #10,038, in 2017; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
73 babies in 1923, the peak
Fernand peaked in 1923, when 73 boys were given it, #772 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 7 | #10,038 | 3.8 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,468 | 2.6 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,620 | 2.5 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,461 | 2.9 |
| 1989 | 5 | #8,304 | 2.5 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,915 | 4.7 |
| 1986 | 6 | #6,184 | 3.3 |
| 1984 | 7 | #5,143 | 3.9 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,579 | 2.8 |
| 1979 | 7 | #5,012 | 4.1 |
Every recorded year (77)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 12 | #3,264 | 7.3 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,740 | 5.8 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,474 | 3.2 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,810 | 5.1 |
| 1972 | 5 | #5,219 | 3.1 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,982 | 3.8 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,610 | 2.8 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,324 | 2.9 |
| 1967 | 5 | #4,156 | 2.9 |
| 1966 | 10 | #2,681 | 5.6 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,343 | 3.8 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,754 | 3.0 |
| 1963 | 10 | #2,734 | 4.9 |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,424 | 5.8 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,266 | 2.4 |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,791 | 2.8 |
| 1959 | 9 | #2,899 | 4.2 |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,666 | 2.8 |
| 1957 | 8 | #3,099 | 3.7 |
| 1956 | 5 | #4,126 | 2.4 |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,294 | 3.4 |
| 1954 | 8 | #3,027 | 3.9 |
| 1953 | 13 | #2,218 | 6.6 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,104 | 7.2 |
| 1951 | 16 | #1,931 | 8.5 |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,132 | 3.9 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,261 | 6.8 |
| 1948 | 10 | #2,500 | 5.7 |
| 1947 | 18 | #1,806 | 9.8 |
| 1946 | 11 | #2,316 | 6.8 |
| 1945 | 20 | #1,508 | 14.9 |
| 1944 | 14 | #1,914 | 10.3 |
| 1943 | 21 | #1,546 | 14.7 |
| 1942 | 30 | #1,280 | 21.7 |
| 1941 | 15 | #1,843 | 12.2 |
| 1940 | 13 | #2,018 | 11.2 |
| 1939 | 17 | #1,663 | 15.4 |
| 1938 | 16 | #1,767 | 14.4 |
| 1937 | 14 | #1,938 | 13.1 |
| 1936 | 21 | #1,480 | 20.2 |
| 1935 | 35 | #1,105 | 33.6 |
| 1934 | 26 | #1,337 | 25.2 |
| 1933 | 37 | #1,084 | 37.3 |
| 1932 | 46 | #971 | 44.1 |
| 1931 | 35 | #1,157 | 33.7 |
| 1930 | 39 | #1,123 | 35.5 |
| 1929 | 36 | #1,160 | 33.5 |
| 1928 | 51 | #956 | 46.0 |
| 1927 | 69 | #803 | 61.2 |
| 1926 | 56 | #897 | 50.4 |
| 1925 | 54 | #916 | 48.4 |
| 1924 | 73 | #788 | 64.4 |
| 1923 | 73 | #772 | 66.6 |
| 1922 | 63 | #866 | 57.9 |
| 1921 | 49 | #1,004 | 44.5 |
| 1920 | 38 | #1,166 | 35.7 |
| 1919 | 29 | #1,332 | 29.6 |
| 1918 | 27 | #1,383 | 26.6 |
| 1917 | 30 | #1,245 | 32.4 |
| 1916 | 33 | #1,144 | 37.1 |
| 1915 | 25 | #1,352 | 29.5 |
| 1914 | 23 | #1,240 | 35.1 |
| 1913 | 10 | #1,849 | 19.5 |
| 1912 | 15 | #1,236 | 34.9 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,384 | 33.2 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,021 | 45.2 |
| 1882 | 7 | #786 | 61.6 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Fernand a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Fernand has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 77 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Fernand: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Fernand, and how old are they?
An estimated 319 Americans named Fernand and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (21% of everyone recorded); the median is 67 years old and half are between 52 and 80. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 873 people named Fernand (24 women and girls, 849 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 424 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.1 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census records the name people give, which for many is the short form Fernand rather than the name on their birth record, and it counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Fernand born?
The states with the most babies named Fernand are Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, with 82% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Maine and Massachusetts and New Hampshire are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | 382 | not ranked | 36.3× |
| Massachusetts | 142 | not ranked | 2.8× |
| New Hampshire | 73 | not ranked | 11.6× |
| Louisiana | 62 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| Rhode Island | 52 | not ranked | 5.6× |
| Vermont | 10 | not ranked | 2.2× |
| Connecticut | 5 | not ranked | 0.2× |
Where Fernand is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Fernand is most over-represented in Maine: since 1910 it was given 36.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Fernand with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Fernand
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Fernand and names like it
- Compare Fernand and AlvanBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sFernand peaked in 1923.
- Maine’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Fernand since 1910.
- French namesWiktionary’s origin for Fernand: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1923The year the most babies were named Fernand.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Fernand alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with FMost given first.