How Many People Are Named Ferdinand?
people named Ferdinand are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 123,432 people in the US has this name
Based on 8,909 babies named Ferdinand in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
259 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Ferdinando, the old Spanish form of a Germanic name composed of the elements fardi "journey" and nand "daring, brave". The Visigoths brought the name to the Iberian Peninsula, where it entered into the royal families of Spain and Portugal. From there it became common among the Habsburg royal family of the Holy Roman Empire and Austria, starting with the Spanish-born Ferdinand I in the 16th century. A notable bearer was Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521), called Fernão de Magalhães in Portuguese, who was the leader of the first expedition to sail around the earth.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ferdinand in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ferdinand alive today is about 50 years old, and 39% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 32 and 69 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ferdinand first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1918, to 259 babies. In 2025, 24 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ferdinand has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #229, in 1884. In 2025 it ranked #4,293.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,293 |
| Best rank | #229 (1884) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #456 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ferdinand alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ferdinand were born in New York than in any other state: about 529 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ferdinand was given 5.4 times as often in Louisiana, 3.6 times in New York and 2.8 times in New Jersey.
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