Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ford

#1,113 most common boys' name of all time · #2,641 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#1,113
Rank overall
#2,641 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
145 of 146
All-time
11,026
Since 2016
5,328
Peak year
2021 #439
Best rank
#439 2021
Girls Boys peak 707/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Ford is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 642 642 #474
2024 — 507 507 #570
2023 — 564 564 #523
2022 — 649 649 #476
2021 — 707 707 #439
2020 — 647 647 #459
2019 6 497 503 #562
2018 6 417 423 #636
2017 — 344 344 #711
2016 — 342 342 #714
2015 5 327 332 #741
2014 — 245 245 #884
2013 — 183 183 #1,047
2012 — 171 171 #1,091
2011 — 139 139 #1,244
2010 — 101 101 #1,565
2009 — 94 94 #1,672
2008 — 87 87 #1,737
2007 — 66 66 #2,074
2006 — 88 88 #1,628
2005 — 62 62 #2,010
2004 — 37 37 #2,792
2003 — 54 54 #2,078
2002 — 45 45 #2,297
2001 — 41 41 #2,388
2000 — 52 52 #1,970
1999 — 36 36 #2,464
1998 — 35 35 #2,454
1997 — 49 49 #1,891
1996 — 36 36 #2,258
1995 — 36 36 #2,212
1994 — 38 38 #2,128
1993 — 27 27 #2,641
1992 — 28 28 #2,537
1991 — 26 26 #2,609
1990 — 19 19 #3,176
1989 — 22 22 #2,789
1988 — 25 25 #2,375
1987 — 20 20 #2,649
1986 — 16 16 #3,010
1985 — 17 17 #2,840
1984 — 17 17 #2,713
1983 — 16 16 #2,798
1982 — 10 10 #3,976
1981 — 14 14 #3,045
1980 — 12 12 #3,443
1979 — 23 23 #2,164
1978 — 11 11 #3,415
1977 — 9 9 #3,849
1976 — 15 15 #2,720
1975 — 15 15 #2,644
1974 — 6 6 #4,656
1973 — 19 19 #2,135
1972 — 11 11 #3,001
1971 — 20 20 #2,060
1970 — 27 27 #1,668
1969 — 26 26 #1,617
1968 — 22 22 #1,704
1967 — 22 22 #1,662
1966 — 25 25 #1,544
1965 — 28 28 #1,461
1964 — 16 16 #2,047
1963 — 30 30 #1,434
1962 — 30 30 #1,431
1961 — 32 32 #1,413
1960 — 36 36 #1,324
1959 — 48 48 #1,120
1958 — 37 37 #1,267
1957 — 42 42 #1,202
1956 — 42 42 #1,176
1955 — 26 26 #1,505
1954 — 49 49 #1,070
1953 — 44 44 #1,108
1952 — 38 38 #1,200
1951 — 51 51 #988
1950 — 41 41 #1,109
1949 — 46 46 #1,033
1948 — 45 45 #1,052
1947 — 63 63 #882
1946 — 47 47 #989
1945 — 38 38 #1,046
1944 — 48 48 #922
1943 — 41 41 #1,056
1942 — 42 42 #1,042
1941 — 46 46 #940
1940 — 29 29 #1,256
1939 — 43 43 #959
1938 — 34 34 #1,113
1937 — 33 33 #1,152
1936 — 29 29 #1,230
1935 — 35 35 #1,103
1934 — 33 33 #1,152
1933 — 32 32 #1,167
1932 — 33 33 #1,178
1931 — 34 34 #1,171
1930 — 47 47 #992
1929 — 51 51 #944
1928 — 50 50 #967
1927 — 63 63 #851
1926 — 71 71 #768
1925 — 88 88 #687
1924 — 76 76 #771
1923 — 115 115 #588
1922 — 87 87 #699
1921 — 79 79 #748
1920 — 57 57 #915
1919 — 79 79 #709
1918 — 72 72 #765
1917 — 95 95 #610
1916 — 101 101 #573
1915 — 133 133 #483
1914 — 72 72 #595
1913 — 51 51 #621
1912 — 57 57 #526
1911 — 18 18 #769
1910 — 16 16 #768
1909 — 16 16 #696
1908 — 23 23 #537
1907 — 9 9 #951
1906 — 13 13 #694
1905 — 12 12 #717
1904 — 9 9 #836
1903 — 9 9 #809
1902 — 13 13 #638
1901 — 7 7 #884
1900 — 24 24 #476
1899 — 11 11 #644
1898 — 9 9 #770
1897 — 10 10 #709
1896 — 11 11 #702
1895 — 8 8 #818
1894 — 13 13 #585
1893 — 13 13 #559
1892 — 12 12 #630
1891 — 11 11 #588
1890 — 17 17 #456
1889 — 15 15 #495
1888 — 8 8 #780
1887 — 10 10 #616
1886 — 6 6 #884
1885 — 9 9 #668
1883 — 8 8 #692
1882 — 7 7 #785
1881 — 11 11 #551
1880 — 8 8 #707