Ferdinand
12
Babies in 2024
+20%
10-year change
2008
Peak · 24
+50%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Ferdinand
Ferdinand peaked among UK boys' names in the late 2000s (24 babies in 2008) and has remained in active use — 12 boys were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Ferdinand reached its peak in 2008, when 24 boys were registered in England & Wales — ranked #1,048 for UK boys that year. Today's count of 12 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 28 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 312 boys have been officially registered with the name Ferdinand in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 116 boys were registered with the name, starting from 10 in 2014 and ending at 12 in 2024.