Fernanda
Fernanda is ranked 500th among girls in 2024 (609 births). Its best rank was 258th, in 2009.
- Rank in 2024
- #500down 31 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 6090.04% of girls
- Peak year
- 20091,274 births
- Best rank
- #258in 2009
- Since 1914
- 19,575people given the name
The story in the numbers
19,575 girls have been named Fernanda in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2009, with 1,274 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2010, and the 2010s alone account for 36%. It has spent 29 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Fernanda | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 64 | |
| 1920s | 118 | |
| 1930s | 54 | |
| 1940s | 66 | |
| 1950s | 94 | |
| 1960s | 112 | |
| 1970s | 122 | |
| 1980s | 269 | |
| 1990s | 1,612 | |
| 2000s | 6,950 | |
| 2010s | 7,128 | |
| 2020s | 2,986 |
In 2009, its biggest year
Fernanda was the 258th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2009 were Isabella, Emma, Olivia, Sophia and Ava. See all of 2009.
Names that rose and fell with Fernanda
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Yarelypeak 2008
- Giavonnapeak 2006
- Tyleepeak 2008
- Sinaipeak 2023
- Alynapeak 2007
- Hennessypeak 2019
- Samyrapeak 2007
- Sakurapeak 2012
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.