Fernanda
Meaning not yet sourced
Editor’s note 549 US babies in 2025, but under 3 in England & Wales
Girl’s name
What Fernanda means
Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Fernanda yet, and we don’t write our own.
Editor’s note 549 US babies in 2025, but under 3 in England & Wales Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.
How popular is Fernanda?
▼ 51 vs 2024
US: Steady: #562 in 2015, #551 now.
Biggest US share so far: 2009, when 1,274 girls got the name (#258 that year). First in the US records in 1914.
How common
- About 1 in 2,928 baby girls in the US in 2025
“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.
Where in the US
Most popular in NM (1.5 per 1,000 girls), TX (0.9 per 1,000 girls), CA (0.7 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.
SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.
US vs UK
Fernanda is #551 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.
| Rank 2025 | Babies | How common | Rank 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | #551 | 549 | 1 in 2,928 | #562 |
| England & Wales | – | – | – | – |
| Scotland | – | – | – | – |
Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).
Boy or girl?
In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Fernanda were girls.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| US 2025 | 549 | 0 |
| England & Wales 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| US all years since 1880 | 20,130 | 26 |
| England & Wales since 1996 | 56 | 0 |
Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.
If you like Fernanda
Girls
- Isabella#7Form of Isabel, meaning “my God is an oath”*
- Lily#18Diminutive of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”*
- Rylee#137Variant of Riley, meaning “rye + clearing, meadow”*
- Reese#192“ardor”*
- Riley#48“rye + clearing, meadow”*
- Chloe#23“young green shoot”*
For a brother
- Jayden#70Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #20 in 2015, #70 in 2025
- Aiden#62Variant of Aidan, meaning “fire”*
- Jackson#36Editor’s note Down from #17 in 2015 to #36 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US boys in the 2025 records
- Malachi#134“my messenger”*
- Carson#124“rock”*
- Caden#201Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #201 vs #745 in 2025
Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Fernanda’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.
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