Ferdinand

maleStatistical record

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

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

Ferdinand: Recorded since 1987, it reached #167 in 2010, and it stood at #224 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
67times a registrar ranked it
39years from first to last
#167highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2025

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1458
1997	#1113
1998	#2074
2000	#3036
2001	#1286
2002	#1799
2003	#1410
2004	#1347
2005	#1135
2006	#1744
2007	#1885
2008	#1048
2009	#1568
2010	#1483
2011	#1909
2012	#1852
2013	#1920
2014	#2079
2015	#1511
2016	#1903
2017	#1923
2018	#2445
2019	#4702
2020	#2228
2021	#1595
2022	#2018
2023	#2546
2024	#1951
2025	#2269

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 Norway in 38 of the 39 years from 1987 to 2025.

In 2025: #224 among boys in Norway, #2269 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1987–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1987
First recorded at #527 among boys in Norway in 1987 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1987–2025
Highest recorded position: #167 among boys in Norway, in 2010 (recorded 1987–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #2269 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys

Ferdinand appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 38 years beginning in 1987, and has registered 693 births with the name.

Ferdinand 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.

Ferdinand'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
Norway · Boys	#527 (1987)	#167 (2010)	#224 (2025)	38 of 39	693 (1987–2025)	35 (2010)
England and Wales · Boys	#1458 (1996)	#1048 (2008)	#2269 (2025)	29 of 30	322 (1996–2025)	24 (2008)

Ferdinand by decade in Norway · 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 Ferdinand in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	16	3 of 10	5
1990s	83	9 of 10	9
2000s	201	10 of 10	20
2010sbusiest	269	10 of 10	27
2020s	124	6 of 10	21

Across Norway · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 27 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Ferdinand 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 2 regions, from 1987 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #167 in Norway in 2010.

Ferdinand'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
2025	England and Wales	male	#2269	10	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#1951	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2546	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2018	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1595	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2228	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2445	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1923	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1903	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1511	16	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2079	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1920	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1852	12	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1909	11	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1483	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1568	14	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1048	24	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1885	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1744	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1135	18	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1347	13	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1410	11	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1799	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1286	11	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1113	12	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1458	8	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#224	19	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#193	24	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#197	25	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#218	19	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#194	23	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#261	14	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#173	31	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#256	18	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#233	21	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#222	24	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#177	34	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#223	23	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#217	24	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#193	29	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#187	30	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#167	35	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#218	26	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#191	29	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#263	18	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#270	16	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#185	30	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#228	21	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#254	17	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#265	15	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#260	17	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#326	12	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#289	14	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#299	14	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#313	13	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#411	8	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#391	9	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#478	6	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#358	11	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#592	4	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#616	4	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#532	6	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#632	4	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#527	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

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

Where Ferdinand is officially recorded

2 official registrars have recorded Ferdinand, between 1987 and 2025, in 38 of those 39 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Norway	1987–2025	38	#167 in 2010
England and Wales	1996–2025	29	#1048 in 2008

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1987 and 2025, ranked in 38 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #167, first reached in 2010.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 35 births, registered in Norway in 2010.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 9 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.

Fenton · #330, 30y
Ferdia · #205, 39y
Fergal · #46, 58y
Fergus · #66, 62y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Arturas · #167, 35y
Miroslaw · #168, 36y
Conleth · #169, 37y
Elna · #164, 36y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

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

Fionntan · #167, 28y
Liana · #166, 34y
Mikolaj · #166, 31y
Barra · #170, 32y

Ferdinand was ranked #167 in Norway · Boys in 2010. 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.

Endre#163
Knut#164
Omar#165
Aslak#166
Fillip#168
Lasse#169
Tim#170
Alex#171

Ferdinand 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 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ferdinand without appearing here.

Ferdinand moved ahead of

Graham
In 2023 they stood at #2546 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #5119.
Brent
In 2007 they stood at #1885 and #1756 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1048 and #3687.
Keith
In 2023 they stood at #2546 and #2325 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #3688.
Garry
In 2019 they stood at #4702 and #3937 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2228 and #3848.

Moved ahead of Ferdinand

Malin
In 2018 they stood at #2445 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #2728.
Isak
In 2022 they stood at #2018 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2546 and #1461.
Leif
In 2021 they stood at #1595 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2018 and #967.
Cooper
In 1997 they stood at #1113 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #2074 and #1110.

Moved the opposite way to Ferdinand

Alexander
Between 1987 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Ferdinand went from #527 to #224 while Alexander went from #12 to #81.
Anders
Between 1987 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Ferdinand went from #527 to #224 while Anders went from #8 to #293.
Andreas
Between 1987 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Ferdinand went from #527 to #224 while Andreas went from #3 to #96.
Arild
Between 1987 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Ferdinand went from #527 to #224 while Arild went from #129 to #489.

Moved the same way as Ferdinand

Aksel
Between 1987 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Ferdinand went from #527 to #224 and Aksel from #204 to #25.
Arthur
Between 1987 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Ferdinand went from #527 to #224 and Arthur from #522 to #83.
Edward
Between 1987 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Ferdinand went from #527 to #224 and Edward from #565 to #189.
Einar
Between 1987 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Ferdinand went from #527 to #224 and Einar from #148 to #57.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
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 2 regions, from 1987 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #167 in Norway in 2010. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ferdinand

Ferdinand at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ferdinand across 2 official records

Ferdinand by decade in Norway · Boys

Ferdinand appears in

Popularity data

Where Ferdinand is officially recorded

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

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Ferdinand and the names beside it

Ferdinand moved ahead of

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Ferdinand at a glance

Ferdinand across 2 official records

Ferdinand by decade in Norway · Boys

Ferdinand appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Ferdinand

Ferdinand and the names beside it

Ferdinand moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ferdinand

Moved the opposite way to Ferdinand

Moved the same way as Ferdinand