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Ferran

#4,169 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Form of Ferdinand

Ferran has been given to 170 babies in the U.S. since 2012. In 2025 it ranked #4,169 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 25 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 89% boys, 11% girls all-time.

Babies named Ferran, 2025

1 in 133,000

Ferran over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Ferran over time

In 2025, Ferran went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19862025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Ferran: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Ferdinand

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ferran means

Ferran is a form of Ferdinand.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Ferran → Ferdinand. The family’s meaning is “journey + daring”, recorded in English with the source elements fardiz and nanþaz.

Origin, language, and formation

Ferran is used in Catalan.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Ferdinand.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Catalan, Ferran is pronounced [fəˈran].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 152 boys were recorded with the name Ferran between 2012 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 25 in 2025; its best national rank was #4,169 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #6,067 in 2020 to #4,169 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #12,677 in 2015 to #4,169 in 2025.

In the United States, 18 girls were recorded with the name Ferran between 1986 and 2014. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1986; its best national rank was #7,971 in 1986.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Ferran?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 133,000
25 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 68,300
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#4,169
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
91,917 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ferran sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 91,917 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ferran. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ferrans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ferran was born before 2022 — so the typical Ferran is around 3 today.

Median birth year
2022
About 3 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
72.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
152
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 72.4% of all recorded uses (110).

Is Ferran rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+579
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+1,898
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+8,508
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
5.00×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (25)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
31.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#4,169
2025

Spellings of Ferran

Ferran is not the most common spelling — Herman is, with 71.6% against Ferran's 0.08%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Ferran is used

Across 1910–2025, Ferran was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 556,863 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Ferran has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Ferran around the world

Where Ferran ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2007–2021
    #4,789
    in 2021

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Ferran by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,169
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,898
Best rank ever
#4,169
2025
Peak year
2025
25 that year
First recorded
2012
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
152
Count in 2025
25

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#7,971
1986
Peak year
1986
8 that year
First recorded
1986
Last recorded
2014
All-time count
18
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Ferran

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

MihranFergusFergusonFerronFerdieFermonFerlinFernanTheranZahranFerasMehranKeeranFernadoDheeranFernieDeranFerrelOmranFermanSharanJibranBaranAgaran

Sibling names for Ferran

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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