How Many People Are Named Fernando?
people named Fernando are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,645 people in the US has this name
Based on 103,729 babies named Fernando in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,765 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Spanish and Portuguese form of FERDINAND.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Fernando, 0.6% were girls and 99.4% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Fernando alive today is about 30 years old, and 56% are under 30. Half of them were between 17 and 41 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Fernando first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2006, to 2,765 babies. In 2025, 819 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Fernando has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #149, in 1997. In 2025 it ranked #387.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #387 |
| Best rank | #149 (1997) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #164 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Fernando alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Fernando were born in California than in any other state: about 32,347 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Fernando was given 2.9 times as often in Arizona, 2.9 times in New Mexico and 2.8 times in California.
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