How Many People Are Named Ford?
people named Ford are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 40,443 people in the US has this name
Based on 11,026 babies named Ford 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
707 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "ford" in Old English. A famous bearer of the surname was the American industrialist Henry Ford (1863-1947).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Ford (99.8%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ford alive today is about 15 years old, and 85% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 14 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ford first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2021, to 707 babies. In 2025, 642 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ford has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #439, in 2021. In 2025 it ranked #474.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #474 |
| Best rank | #439 (2021) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #491 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ford alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ford were born in California than in any other state: about 962 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ford was given 2.3 times as often in Michigan, 2.3 times in Utah and 1.8 times in Kentucky.
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