NameTides

Fernando

Fernando was the #387 boys' name in the US in 2025 (819 babies), and #2,269 in England & Wales and #1,443 in Canada.

Fernando as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Fernando as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Fernando as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
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 & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#387 (819)#2,269 (10)—#1,443 (16)
2024#352 (952)#2,922 (7)—#2,439 (7)
2023#344 (970)#1,701 (14)#770 (3)#1,234 (17)
2022#342 (976)#2,756 (7)—#2,052 (8)
2021#358 (906)#1,516 (16)#755 (3)#1,277 (16)
2020#342 (938)#1,825 (12)—#2,197 (7)
2019#315 (1,065)#2,488 (8)—#1,205 (17)
2018#311 (1,093)#1,875 (12)—#1,219 (16)
2017#306 (1,142)#1,627 (15)—#1,113 (19)
2016#289 (1,245)#2,175 (10)—#1,069 (20)
2015#272 (1,348)#1,786 (13)—#1,458 (12)
2014#264 (1,404)#1,560 (15)—#1,200 (16)
2013#254 (1,429)#1,706 (13)—#1,470 (12)
2012#243 (1,482)#1,962 (11)—#750 (31)
2011#209 (1,706)#1,342 (18)—#1,163 (17)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2006 at #151.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,100 baby boys 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
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 27,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 9,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Fernando is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,700 to 1 in 2,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Fernando by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #785WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #351WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #552MNIllinois: #447ILMichigan: #829MINew York: #545NYMassachusetts: #555MAOregon: #312ORNevada: #243NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #493IAIndiana: #773INOhio: #801OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: #429NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #191CAUtah: #703UTColorado: #571CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #526KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #497VAMaryland: #475MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #200AZNew Mexico: #236NMKansas: #428KSArkansas: #353ARTennessee: #499TNNorth Carolina: #591NCSouth Carolina: #668SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #504OKLouisiana: #775LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #573ALGeorgia: #594GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #202TXFlorida: #403FL
Fernando (boys) 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
FernandoCanadaBoys#1,44316
FernandoEngland & WalesBoys#2,26910
FernandoIrelandBoys—too few
FernandoNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
FernandoUSGirls—too few
FernandoUSBoys#387819