Fernande — girls' name

What the Data Says About Fernande

The Social Security Administration has registered 521 babies named Fernande between 1910 and 1950, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Fernande currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1950. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 34 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Fernande performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 263 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Fernande shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Maine, which accounts for 155 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Massachusetts and New Hampshire. In total, SSA state-level files list Fernande in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Fernande 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 521 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.