Fernando
Fernando is ranked 352nd among boys in 2024 (951 births). Its best rank was 149th, in 1997.
- Rank in 2024
- #352down 8 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 9510.06% of boys
- Peak year
- 20062,758 births
- Best rank
- #149in 1997
- Since 1880
- 102,317people given the name
The story in the numbers
102,317 boys have been named Fernando in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2006, with 2,758 births — 0.13% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 264 → 352).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1996, and the 2000s alone account for 25%. It has spent 131 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Fernando | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 53 | |
| 1890s | 47 | |
| 1900s | 91 | |
| 1910s | 520 | |
| 1920s | 1,415 | |
| 1930s | 1,417 | |
| 1940s | 2,107 | |
| 1950s | 4,993 | |
| 1960s | 6,112 | |
| 1970s | 9,172 | |
| 1980s | 13,198 | |
| 1990s | 19,433 | |
| 2000s | 25,152 | |
| 2010s | 13,867 | |
| 2020s | 4,740 |
In 2006, its biggest year
Fernando was the 151st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2006 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Ethan and Matthew. See all of 2006.
Names that rose and fell with Fernando
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Miguelpeak 2007
- Octaviopeak 2003
- Luispeak 2007
- Jesuspeak 2004
- Efrenpeak 2007
- Enriquepeak 2000
- Marcospeak 2001
- Marcopeak 2005
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.