Ferdia

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Ferdia: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Ferdia: Recorded since 1984, it reached #205 in 1993, and it stood at #348 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
43times a registrar ranked it
42years from first to last
#205highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2007–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2007	#4333
2022	#4789
2024	#5119

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 39 of the 42 years from 1984 to 2025.

In 2024: #472 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #5119 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1984–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1984
First recorded at #318 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1984 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1984–2025
Highest recorded position: #205 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1993 (recorded 1984–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #348 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Ferdia appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 39 years beginning in 1984, and has registered 293 births with the name.

Ferdia across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Ferdia's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#318 (1984)	#205 (1993)	#348 (2025)	39 of 42	293 (1984–2025)	16 (2021)
England and Wales · Boys	#4333 (2007)	#4333 (2007)	#5119 (2024)	3 of 18	9 (2007–2024)	3 (2007)

Ferdia by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Ferdia in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	18	4 of 10	5
1990s	61	9 of 10	7
2000s	68	10 of 10	7
2010s	81	10 of 10	8
2020sbusiest	65	6 of 10	11

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Ferdia appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1984 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #205 in Republic of Ireland in 1993.

Ferdia's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#304	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#348	11	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	7	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#436	8	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#349	12	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#279	16	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#361	11	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#335	12	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#418	8	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#412	8	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#421	8	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#468	7	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#534	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#457	7	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#366	11	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#373	10	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#444	7	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#282	13	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#282	11	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	8	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#351	6	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#375	5	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#348	5	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#266	6	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#229	7	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#261	7	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#234	9	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#301	4	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	5	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#205	10	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#210	9	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#235	6	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#247	6	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#318	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1984 and 2025, ranked in 39 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #205, first reached in 1993.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2021.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 36 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Fenn · #1127, 29y
Fenton · #330, 29y
Ferdinand · #167, 38y
Fergal · #46, 57y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Felicia · #210, 38y
Fionnan · #211, 34y
Viola · #211, 40y
Gerda · #212, 40y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Aylin · #207, 33y
Jeff · #203, 31y
Devin · #208, 33y
Emre · #209, 33y

Ferdia was ranked #205 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1993. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Ferdia and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ferdia without appearing here.

Ferdia moved ahead of

Connor Compare
In 2024 they stood at #472 and #302 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #348 and #829.
Steven Compare
In 2024 they stood at #472 and #302 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #348 and #829.
Darren Compare
In 2024 they stood at #472 and #287 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #348 and #676.
Phillip Compare
In 2023 they stood at #572 and #572 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #472 and #785.

Moved ahead of Ferdia

Jesse Compare
In 2012 they stood at #457 and #500 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2013 that had become #534 and #271.
Cooper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #366 and #623 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #457 and #233.
Luca Compare
In 1999 they stood at #266 and #330 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2000 that had become #390 and #177.
Albie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #349 and #429 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #436 and #243.

Moved the opposite way to Ferdia

Finn Compare
Between 1986 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ferdia went from #247 to #348 while Finn went from #317 to #15.
Jake Compare
Between 1986 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ferdia went from #247 to #348 while Jake went from #317 to #95.
Jesse Compare
Between 1986 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ferdia went from #247 to #348 while Jesse went from #283 to #141.
Max Compare
Between 1986 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ferdia went from #247 to #348 while Max went from #317 to #41.

Moved the same way as Ferdia

Gary Compare
Between 1984 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ferdia went from #318 to #472 and Gary from #29 to #785.
Kenneth Compare
Between 1984 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ferdia went from #318 to #472 and Kenneth from #50 to #785.
Phillip Compare
Between 1984 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ferdia went from #318 to #472 and Phillip from #181 to #785.
Erik Compare
Between 1986 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ferdia went from #247 to #348 and Erik from #256 to #468.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1984 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #205 in Republic of Ireland in 1993. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ferdia

Ferdia at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ferdia across 2 official records

Ferdia by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Ferdia appears in

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Ferdia at a glance

Ferdia across 2 official records

Ferdia by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Ferdia

Ferdia and the names beside it

Ferdia moved ahead of

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