Ferd · Shortlist Together

Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 68 recorded years as a table

Ferd, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	54
1881	60
1883	76
1885	74
1886	90
1887	59
1888	50
1889	99
1890	72
1892	41
1893	53
1894	52
1895	68
1896	42
1897	62
1898	57
1899	66
1900	33
1901	47
1902	49
1905	53
1909	30
1910	41
1911	31
1912	37
1913	16
1914	21
1915	25
1916	12
1917	22
1918	19
1919	24
1920	18
1921	19
1922	16
1923	5
1924	11
1925	14
1926	12
1927	15
1928	14
1929	13
1930	11
1931	9
1932	10
1933	19
1934	9
1935	17
1936	6
1937	14
1938	8
1939	11
1941	11
1942	7
1943	5
1944	8
1946	4
1947	5
1948	5
1949	5
1950	3
1952	4
1955	2
1956	4
1957	2
1958	3
1961	2
1965	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ferd isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1965: 5
Rank in 1965: #3,930
How rare: 1 in 372,028 boys
Since 1880: 689

Ferd was last recorded in 1965. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1889, at 99 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Ferd doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.