Ford

boys’ nameAt its peakCompare

Ford is ranked 570th among boys in 2024 (504 births). Its best rank was 439th, in 2021.

Rank in 2024: #570down 47 from 2023
Births in 2024: 5040.03% of boys
Peak year: 2021707 births
Best rank: #439in 2021
Since 1880: 10,364people given the name

Babies named Ford, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

10,364 boys have been named Ford in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 707 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2014, and the 2020s alone account for 30%. It has spent 67 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Ford
1880s	82
1890s	115
1900s	135
1910s	694
1920s	737
1930s	353
1940s	445
1950s	418
1960s	267
1970s	156
1980s	169
1990s	330
2000s	626
2010s	2,766
2020s	3,071

In 2021, its biggest year

Ford was the 439th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2021 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah and James. See all of 2021.

Names that rose and fell with Ford

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.