boy's name

Ferdinando

  • Origin Italian
  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 10
  • Births on record 413

Ferdinando is a boy's name. In 2017 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Ferdinando is a name of Italian origin.
  • Peaked in 1966, when 13 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1912.

Ferdinando over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2017, not a full ten years.

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Births named Ferdinando by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 41
1920s 65
1930s 10
1940s 6
1950s 11
1960s 52
1970s 67
1980s 18
1990s 12
2000s 14
2010s (to 2017) 7

How popular is Ferdinando?

In 2017, Ferdinando was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Ferdinando is used

Canada #1,515 7 in 1993
France #1,811 5 in 1971
England & Wales #5,478 3 in 2017
United States #10,019 7 in 2017

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Ferdinando

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

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Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Ferdinando over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Ferdinando

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Ferdinando — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Ferdinando

How popular is the name Ferdinando?

In 2017, Ferdinando was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Ferdinando a girl's or a boy's name?

Ferdinando is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Ferdinando most popular?

Ferdinando peaked in 1966, when 13 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.