Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Ferdinand

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Ferdinand
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1918

Peak rank proxy

259

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19182024

Peak year

1918

Decline from peak

89.2%

2024

All-time

8,885

Ferdinand has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1918, when 259 boys were named Ferdinand.

In 2024, only 28 boys were given the name.

Down 89.2% from its peak.

All told, about 8,885 Americans have been named Ferdinand and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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