Ford is an established boys' name that has climbed to its highest level yet, peaking in 2021.
Ford is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #474 for boy births in the United States (and #961 across all names), given to 642 babies. Ford first appears in 1880 and peaked in 2021 (707 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 642 | 642 | — | #474 |
| 2024 | 507 | 507 | — | #570 |
| 2023 | 564 | 564 | — | #523 |
| 2022 | 649 | 649 | — | #477 |
| 2021 | 707 | 707 | — | #439 |
| 2020 | 647 | 647 | — | #459 |
| 2019 | 503 | 503 | #14,376 | #562 |
| 2018 | 423 | 423 | #14,401 | #635 |
| 2017 | 344 | 344 | — | #711 |
| 2016 | 342 | 342 | — | #714 |
| 2015 | 332 | 332 | #17,345 | #741 |
| 2014 | 245 | 245 | — | #885 |
| 2013 | 183 | 183 | — | #1,048 |
| 2012 | 171 | 171 | — | #1,090 |
| 2011 | 139 | 139 | — | #1,245 |
| 2010 | 101 | 101 | — | #1,566 |
| 2009 | 94 | 94 | — | #1,673 |
| 2008 | 87 | 87 | — | #1,744 |
| 2007 | 66 | 66 | — | #2,075 |
| 2006 | 88 | 88 | — | #1,631 |
| 2005 | 62 | 62 | — | #2,015 |
| 2004 | 37 | 37 | — | #2,803 |
| 2003 | 54 | 54 | — | #2,085 |
| 2002 | 45 | 45 | — | #2,312 |
| 2001 | 41 | 41 | — | #2,396 |
| 2000 | 52 | 52 | — | #1,975 |
| 1999 | 36 | 36 | — | #2,483 |
| 1998 | 35 | 35 | — | #2,473 |
| 1997 | 49 | — | — | #1,897 |
| 1996 | 36 | — | — | #2,265 |
| 1995 | 36 | — | — | #2,226 |
| 1994 | 38 | — | — | #2,139 |
| 1993 | 27 | — | — | #2,656 |
| 1992 | 28 | — | — | #2,562 |
| 1991 | 26 | — | — | #2,628 |
| 1990 | 19 | — | — | #3,212 |
| 1989 | 22 | — | — | #2,818 |
| 1988 | 25 | — | — | #2,394 |
| 1987 | 20 | — | — | #2,662 |
| 1986 | 16 | — | — | #3,045 |
| 1985 | 17 | — | — | #2,871 |
| 1984 | 17 | — | — | #2,735 |
| 1983 | 16 | — | — | #2,830 |
| 1982 | 10 | — | — | #4,037 |
| 1981 | 14 | — | — | #3,093 |
| 1980 | 12 | — | — | #3,481 |
| 1979 | 23 | — | — | #2,187 |
| 1978 | 11 | — | — | #3,478 |
| 1977 | 9 | — | — | #3,942 |
| 1976 | 15 | — | — | #2,745 |
| 1975 | 15 | — | — | #2,676 |
| 1974 | 6 | — | — | #4,841 |
| 1973 | 19 | — | — | #2,156 |
| 1972 | 11 | — | — | #3,029 |
| 1971 | 20 | — | — | #2,078 |
| 1970 | 27 | — | — | #1,669 |
| 1969 | 26 | — | — | #1,617 |
| 1968 | 22 | — | — | #1,709 |
| 1967 | 22 | — | — | #1,677 |
| 1966 | 25 | — | — | #1,551 |
| 1965 | 28 | — | — | #1,464 |
| 1964 | 16 | — | — | #2,062 |
| 1963 | 30 | — | — | #1,437 |
| 1962 | 30 | — | — | #1,436 |
| 1961 | 32 | — | — | #1,415 |
| 1960 | 36 | — | — | #1,325 |
| 1959 | 48 | — | — | #1,124 |
| 1958 | 37 | — | — | #1,268 |
| 1957 | 42 | — | — | #1,204 |
| 1956 | 42 | — | — | #1,178 |
| 1955 | 26 | — | — | #1,515 |
| 1954 | 49 | — | — | #1,071 |
| 1953 | 44 | — | — | #1,112 |
| 1952 | 38 | — | — | #1,200 |
| 1951 | 51 | — | — | #984 |
| 1950 | 41 | — | — | #1,109 |
| 1949 | 46 | — | — | #1,035 |
| 1948 | 45 | — | — | #1,050 |
| 1947 | 63 | — | — | #882 |
| 1946 | 47 | — | — | #991 |
| 1945 | 38 | — | — | #1,044 |
| 1944 | 48 | — | — | #923 |
| 1943 | 41 | — | — | #1,066 |
| 1942 | 42 | — | — | #1,042 |
| 1941 | 46 | — | — | #945 |
| 1940 | 29 | — | — | #1,257 |
| 1939 | 43 | — | — | #961 |
| 1938 | 34 | — | — | #1,115 |
| 1937 | 33 | — | — | #1,154 |
| 1936 | 29 | — | — | #1,233 |
| 1935 | 35 | — | — | #1,106 |
| 1934 | 33 | — | — | #1,154 |
| 1933 | 32 | — | — | #1,169 |
| 1932 | 33 | — | — | #1,185 |
| 1931 | 34 | — | — | #1,177 |
| 1930 | 47 | — | — | #994 |
| 1929 | 51 | — | — | #946 |
| 1928 | 50 | — | — | #967 |
| 1927 | 63 | — | — | #852 |
| 1926 | 71 | — | — | #772 |
| 1925 | 88 | — | — | #687 |
| 1924 | 76 | — | — | #774 |
| 1923 | 115 | — | — | #588 |
| 1922 | 87 | — | — | #700 |
| 1921 | 79 | — | — | #745 |
| 1920 | 57 | — | — | #916 |
| 1919 | 79 | — | — | #708 |
| 1918 | 72 | — | — | #766 |
| 1917 | 95 | — | — | #610 |
| 1916 | 101 | — | — | #572 |
| 1915 | 133 | — | — | #483 |
| 1914 | 72 | — | — | #594 |
| 1913 | 51 | — | — | #621 |
| 1912 | 57 | — | — | #524 |
| 1911 | 18 | — | — | #771 |
| 1910 | 16 | — | — | #765 |
| 1909 | 16 | — | — | #695 |
| 1908 | 23 | — | — | #527 |
| 1907 | 9 | — | — | #952 |
| 1906 | 13 | — | — | #689 |
| 1905 | 12 | — | — | #717 |
| 1904 | 9 | — | — | #833 |
| 1903 | 9 | — | — | #812 |
| 1902 | 13 | — | — | #622 |
| 1901 | 7 | — | — | #889 |
| 1900 | 24 | — | — | #473 |
| 1899 | 11 | — | — | #633 |
| 1898 | 9 | — | — | #772 |
| 1897 | 10 | — | — | #698 |
| 1896 | 11 | — | — | #690 |
| 1895 | 8 | — | — | #820 |
| 1894 | 13 | — | — | #577 |
| 1893 | 13 | — | — | #551 |
| 1892 | 12 | — | — | #615 |
| 1891 | 11 | — | — | #572 |
| 1890 | 17 | — | — | #442 |
| 1889 | 15 | — | — | #487 |
| 1888 | 8 | — | — | #775 |
| 1887 | 10 | — | — | #606 |
| 1886 | 6 | — | — | #888 |
| 1885 | 9 | — | — | #664 |
| 1883 | 8 | — | — | #696 |
| 1882 | 7 | — | — | #788 |
| 1881 | 11 | — | — | #543 |
| 1880 | 8 | — | — | #706 |