Ford
Top 1000
About Ford
The long association to the Ford Motor Company doesn't stand in the way of this being a strong, independent, single-syllable name.
Owen Wilson named his son Robert Ford—although the baby's name was first released as Ford Linton.
Among notable namesakes are writer Ford Madox Ford, author of The Good Soldier, who was born Ford Hermann Hueffer but changed his Germanic name to honor his grandfather, the Pre-Raphaelite painter Ford Madox Brown. Sportswriter Ford Frick was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
There are many more outstanding surnamed Fords, including the presidential Gerald (born Leslie Lynch King, Jr) and his wife Betty, industrialist Henry, and actor Harrison, to name a few.
Ford can work on its own or be a short form of other names such as Clifford.
Pronounced FORD.
As of October 2026, Ford ranked #474 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #439 in 2021, Nameberry popularity #466.
Editor's take: The name Ford is a boy's name of English origin meaning "dweller at the ford".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #885 | 245 | 127.5 |
| 2015 | #741 | 327 | 170.6 |
| 2016 | #714 | 342 | 180.2 |
| 2017 | #711 | 344 | 185.8 |
| 2018 | #635 | 417 | 229.6 |
| 2019 | #562 | 497 | 277 |
| 2020 | #459 | 647 | 374.8 |
| 2021 | #439 | 707 | 404.1 |
| 2022 | #473 | 649 | 371.7 |
| 2023 | #523 | 564 | 329.7 |
| 2024 | #570 | 504 | 292.5 |
| 2025 | #474 | 642 | 375.9 |
World rankings
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Ford on lists
Famous Fords
- Harrison Ford
American actor
- Henry Ford
American industrialist
- Ford Madox Ford (born Ford Hermann Hueffer)
English novelist and poet
- Ford Madox Brown
English painter
- Ford Rainey
American actor
- Ford Walker
son of Elle Walker co,funder of YouTube channel "whatsupmoms"
- Ford Beebe
American screenwriter
- Ford Quint Elvidge
2nd Governor of Guam
- Francis Ford Coppola
American film director, producer, and screenwriter
- Ford Martin Goddard (b. 2006)
son of actor Daniel Goddard
- Ford Jarrett (b. 2008)
son of NASCAR driver Jason Jarrett; grandson of Dale Jarrett
- Ford Murphy (b. 2014)
son of director Ryan Murphy
- Ford Sterling Clawson (b. 2015)
son of songwriter Rodney Clawson and singer Nicolle Galyon
- Ford Robert Clifton (b. 2016)
son of actor Scott Clifton
- Robert Ford Wilson (b. 2011)
son of actor Owen Wilson
- Ford Wilson Cameron
Griffin (b.2013), son of NBA player, Blake Griffin and Brynn Cameron
Ford in pop culture
- Ford Fairlane
main character in film "The Adventures of Ford Fairlane"
- Stanford "Ford" Pines
a main character on the animated series "Gravity falls"
- Ford Prefect
character in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
- Ford Brody
character in film "Godzilla"
- Ford Cruller
a character in video game Psychonauts
- Ford Hendrix
character in "Susan's Mallery's Fools Gold" series
- Ford
female character on TV's "Chasing Life"
- Nathan Ford
character on "Leverage"
- James "Sawyer" Ford
character on "LOST"
- Ford
automaker founder by Henry Ford
- Billy "Ford" Fordham
character in Buffy The Vampire Slayer