Ford

Ford: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “river crossing”
Origin: Old English
Say it: FORD · 1 syllable
Used for: Boys

From an English surname and place-name derived from Old English ford. It originally denoted someone who lived near or worked at a ford.

English names Names meaning water Names meaning nature Surname-style names Short names

How popular is Ford?

2024151 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Ford in 2024504

2024 rank#570 boys

Peak year2021

Total US babies since 188010,381

Ford is rising: use over the last five years is 4.0× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Ford

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Wesleywestern meadow · Old English
Westonwestern settlement · Old English
Blakeblack; pale · Old English
Oakleyoak clearing · Old English
Edwardwealthy guardian · Old English
Ashtonash tree town · Old English
Kingstonking's town · Old English
Brandonbroom-covered hill · Old English

Ford questions

What does the name Ford mean?

Ford means "river crossing". It comes from Old English. From an English surname and place-name derived from Old English ford. It originally denoted someone who lived near or worked at a ford.

Is Ford a boy or girl name?

Ford is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Ford?

504 US babies were named Ford in 2024. Its peak year was 2021.

How do you pronounce Ford?

Ford is usually pronounced FORD.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.