Fernand
Fernand is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 772nd, in 1923.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192373 births
- Best rank
- #772in 1923
- Since 1882
- 1,493people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,493 boys have been named Fernand in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1923, with 73 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 73 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1929, and the 1920s alone account for 38%. It has spent 9 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Fernand | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 12 | |
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 192 | |
| 1920s | 562 | |
| 1930s | 286 | |
| 1940s | 164 | |
| 1950s | 93 | |
| 1960s | 71 | |
| 1970s | 53 | |
| 1980s | 32 | |
| 1990s | 16 | |
| 2010s | 7 |
In 1923, its biggest year
Fernand was the 772nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1923 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1923.
Names that rose and fell with Fernand
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Luvernepeak 1924
- Seymourpeak 1924
- Lavernpeak 1924
- Alvanpeak 1927
- Norbertpeak 1924
- Beaufordpeak 1934
- Dormanpeak 1928
- Verylpeak 1924
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.