Ford
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning shallow river crossing.
Baby Names Arena rank
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needs 5 head-to-heads
Win rate
50%
of head-to-heads
US popularity
#474
up from #570
UK popularity
#1705
15 babies
How Ford has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #742 |
| 2016 | #714 |
| 2017 | #711 |
| 2018 | #634 |
| 2019 | #562 |
| 2020 | #458 |
| 2021 | #439 |
| 2022 | #473 |
| 2023 | #521 |
| 2024 | #570 |
| 2025 | #474 |
Ford by the numbers
In 2025, 15 babies in England and Wales were named Ford. In the US, 340 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 342 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that mean a river
Like Ford, each of these has a river in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Kendallvalley of the river Kent1,634 in the US (2017)
- Wadeto go or ford across water899 in the US (2017)
- Trentonsettlement of the trent river673 in the US (2017)
- Monroemouth of the Roe river; a surname as given name559 in the US (2017)
- Zairethe river; from Congo River name349 in the US (2017)
- Clydefrom the river Clyde344 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Ford
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