NameTides

Ford

Ford was the #474 boys' name in the US in 2025 (642 babies), and #1,705 in England & Wales and #1,311 in Canada.

Ford as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Ford as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USScotlandCanadaEngland & Wales
Ford as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#474 (642)#1,705 (15)#647 (4)#1,311 (18)
2024#570 (507)#1,758 (14)#535 (5)#1,089 (22)
2023#523 (564)#2,008 (11)#533 (5)#1,192 (18)
2022#476 (649)#2,019 (11)—#894 (27)
2021#439 (707)#2,493 (8)#533 (5)#946 (25)
2020#459 (647)#1,825 (12)#536 (5)#878 (27)
2019#562 (497)#1,745 (13)#516 (5)#1,256 (16)
2018#635 (417)#1,991 (11)—#1,836 (9)
2017#711 (344)#1,923 (12)#602 (4)#1,623 (11)
2016#714 (342)#2,027 (11)#707 (3)#1,988 (8)
2015#741 (327)#4,747 (3)#686 (3)#1,577 (11)
2014#884 (245)—#680 (3)#2,133 (7)
2013#1,047 (183)#2,403 (8)—#2,305 (6)
2012#1,090 (171)#3,416 (5)—#2,666 (5)
2011#1,244 (139)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #439.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,700 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 2,700uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 18,000rare
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 4,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Ford is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,500 to 1 in 4,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ford by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #484WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #382WAIdaho: #332IDMontana: #227MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #640MNIllinois: #568ILMichigan: #330MINew York: #601NYMassachusetts: #555MAOregon: #474ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #346IAIndiana: #395INOhio: #455OHPennsylvania: #605PANew Jersey: #766NJConnecticut: #498CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #505CAUtah: #158UTColorado: #272CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #457MOKentucky: #625KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #452VAMaryland: #702MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #376AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #468KSArkansas: #444ARTennessee: #410TNNorth Carolina: #381NCSouth Carolina: #470SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #464OKLouisiana: #591LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #622ALGeorgia: #566GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #450TXFlorida: #478FL
Ford (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,1239

Ford (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
FordCanadaBoys#1,31118
FordEngland & WalesBoys#1,70515
FordNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
FordScotlandBoys#6474
FordUSGirls—too few
FordUSBoys#474642