Fernando vs Ferol

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Fernando Ferol

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 144 years in which either name was published, Fernando for 131 years and Ferol for 13 years. The lead changed hands 14 times.

• 1880–1888 Fernando ahead
• 1889–1907 Ferol ahead, apart from one short spell
• 1908–2025 Fernando ahead

11 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.

Side by side

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Ferols alive today are over 81; half the Fernandos are over 27. That is 54 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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