Recorded 1914–2025 · United States
Fernanda was most popular in 2009, when 1,282 American babies were given the name — ranking #530 that year. In 2025 it ranked #1,102, with 549 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 20,156 people named Fernanda.
Fernanda first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1914, which makes it about 111 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 107 of the 112 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 20,156 American births named Fernanda between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 19,702 are estimated to be alive today.
549 American babies were named Fernanda in 2025, ranking #1,102 that year.
Fernanda is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 605 births a year, against 701 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -14% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Fernanda is a girl’s name — 99.9% of the 20,156 Americans given it were girls and 0.1% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 19,702 Americans named Fernanda are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 16 years old, and half are between 9 and 21. That is a narrow band: Fernanda arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org