Ford — #570 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ford

The Social Security Administration has registered 10,364 babies named Ford between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ford currently holds the #570 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 707 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ford performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 3,071 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Ford shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 916 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Ford in 39 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ford 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 10,364 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.