Fordyce — boys' name

What the Data Says About Fordyce

The Social Security Administration has registered 95 babies named Fordyce between 1900 and 1943, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Fordyce currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1943. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Fordyce performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 46 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Fordyce shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Fordyce in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Fordyce 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 95 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.