Ford
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
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.
Ford is also given to girls.
Pronounced FORD.
As of October 2026, Ford ranked #474 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #439 in 2021, Nameberry popularity #396.
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
Ford for boys
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Ford on lists
Famous Fords
- Harrison FordBoy
American actor
- Henry FordBoy
American industrialist
- Ford Madox Ford (born Ford Hermann Hueffer)Boy
English novelist and poet
- Ford Madox BrownBoy
English painter
- Ford RaineyBoy
American actor
- Ford WalkerBoy
son of Elle Walker co,funder of YouTube channel "whatsupmoms"
- Ford BeebeBoy
American screenwriter
- Ford Quint ElvidgeBoy
2nd Governor of Guam
- Francis Ford CoppolaBoy
American film director, producer, and screenwriter
- Ford Martin Goddard (b. 2006)Boy
son of actor Daniel Goddard
- Ford Jarrett (b. 2008)Boy
son of NASCAR driver Jason Jarrett; grandson of Dale Jarrett
- Ford Murphy (b. 2014)Boy
son of director Ryan Murphy
- Ford Sterling Clawson (b. 2015)Boy
son of songwriter Rodney Clawson and singer Nicolle Galyon
- Ford Robert Clifton (b. 2016)Boy
son of actor Scott Clifton
- Robert Ford Wilson (b. 2011)Boy
son of actor Owen Wilson
- Ford Wilson CameronBoy
Griffin (b.2013), son of NBA player, Blake Griffin and Brynn Cameron
Ford in pop culture
- Ford FairlaneBoy
main character in film "The Adventures of Ford Fairlane"
- Stanford "Ford" PinesBoy
a main character on the animated series "Gravity falls"
- Ford PrefectBoy
character in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
- Ford BrodyBoy
character in film "Godzilla"
- Ford CrullerBoy
a character in video game Psychonauts
- Ford HendrixBoy
character in "Susan's Mallery's Fools Gold" series
- FordBoy
female character on TV's "Chasing Life"
- Nathan FordBoy
character on "Leverage"
- James "Sawyer" FordBoy
character on "LOST"
- FordBoy
automaker founder by Henry Ford
- Billy "Ford" FordhamBoy
character in Buffy The Vampire Slayer