Ford

maleStatistical record

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

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

Ford: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #535, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#535highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2020
1998	#1642
1999	#2097
2002	#2636
2003	#2857
2004	#3009
2005	#2754
2006	#2087
2007	#4333
2008	#3158
2009	#4527
2010	#2941
2012	#3416
2013	#2403
2015	#4747
2016	#2027
2017	#1923
2018	#1991
2019	#1745
2020	#1825
2021	#2493
2022	#2018
2023	#2007
2024	#1758

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 24 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #535 among boys in Scotland, #1758 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2020 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1758 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Ford by decade in England and Wales · 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 Ford in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	17	3 of 10	6
2000s	36	8 of 10	5
2010s	69	8 of 10	9
2020sbusiest	56	5 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Ford 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #535 in Scotland in 2024.

Ford'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	#1758	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2007	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2018	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2493	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1825	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1745	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1991	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1923	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2027	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1642	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	5	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#535	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #535, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 28 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.

Flynn · #32, 30y
Fodhla · #178, 13y
Forest · #535, 17y
Forrest · #392, 24y

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.

Wallace · #535, 20y
Allana · #536, 29y
Kasie · #534, 22y
Mayson · #534, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Benji · #535, 25y
Dax · #535, 24y
Forest · #535, 17y
Franco · #535, 28y

Ford was ranked #535 in Scotland · Boys in 2024. 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.

Ford 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 Ford without appearing here.

Ford moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2007 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #5119.
Graeme Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4527 and #4527 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #1923 and #4812.
Brent Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4747 and #4747 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #2027 and #4810.
Nils Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4747 and #2319 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #2027 and #4810.

Moved ahead of Ford

Theodor Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2087 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #4333 and #1440.
Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2097 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2636 and #848.
Kasper Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2097 and #2425 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2636 and #1411.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2018 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2007 and #1461.

Moved the same way as Ford

Kim Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Ford went from #2020 to #4747 and Kim from #1168 to #4747.
Tayla Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Ford went from #2020 to #4747 and Tayla from #1458 to #4747.
Matheo Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ford went from #4333 to #1758 and Matheo from #4333 to #1517.

What's not yet available

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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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #535 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ford

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Popularity journey

Ford by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Ford at a glance

Ford by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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