girls:
18 births since 1986
#5698 (0th percentile)
boys:
106 births since 2012
#4480 (2nd percentile)
overall:
124 births since 1986
#7615 (2nd percentile)
The name Ferran is the #7,615 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 124 recorded births since 1986. This represents the 1.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,480 (2.2% percentile) for all time with 106 births since 2012. For girls, it ranks #5,698 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 18 births since 1986.
Ferran first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1986 (1986 for girls and 2012 for boys). Birth data for Ferran is available in 11 out of the 38 years between 1986 and 2023 (9 years for boys and 3 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Ferran has been given predominantly to boys, with 85.5% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Ferran were boys. Interestingly, until around 2012, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1986 to 2011), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (95.5% boys from 2012 to 2023).
For boys, Ferran reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.9% percentile (ranked #894) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 12 births per million (ranked 1.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Ferran is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #894 (1.9% percentile) with 12 births per million.
For girls, Ferran reached its peak popularity in 1986, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #811) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1986, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2014.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ferran".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Ferran. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 42.9% confident that Ferran is pronounced as FEH-ruhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is FEH-ran, at 16.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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