Fernanda

Fernanda was the #551 girls' name in the US in 2025 (549 babies), and #3,478 in Canada.

Fernanda as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Fernanda as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Fernanda as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#551 (549)—#3,478 (5)
2024#500 (612)—#3,383 (5)
2023#469 (658)——
2022#460 (690)#5,670 (3)#3,228 (5)
2021#584 (518)#5,581 (3)#2,893 (6)
2020#571 (512)—#2,007 (10)
2019#494 (635)#4,001 (5)#2,188 (9)
2018#493 (631)#5,666 (3)#1,862 (11)
2017#435 (734)#5,765 (3)#2,374 (8)
2016#462 (688)—#2,595 (7)
2015#562 (551)#3,615 (6)#2,891 (6)
2014#529 (585)#4,003 (5)#1,395 (17)
2013#510 (585)—#2,204 (9)
2012#380 (823)#5,876 (3)—
2011#329 (961)—#2,009 (10)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2009 at #258.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1914.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,900 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,900uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 30,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Fernanda is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,700 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,000 to 1 in 3,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Fernanda by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #518WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #679WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #455ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,235NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #396ORNevada: #433NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #721INOhio: #1,438OHPennsylvania: #1,108PANew Jersey: #846NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #286CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #406CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #573VAMaryland: #459MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #372AZNew Mexico: #217NMKansas: #445KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #813TNNorth Carolina: #534NCSouth Carolina: #614SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #483OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #716ALGeorgia: #645GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #239TXFlorida: #598FL
Fernanda (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
FernandaCanadaGirls#3,4785
FernandaEngland & WalesGirls—too few
FernandaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
FernandaUSGirls#551549
FernandaUSBoys—too few