# Ferenc (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ferenc/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 37 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 37 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 12, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 5 | 4,252 |
| 1963 | 6 | 3,767 |
| 1965 | 5 | 4,091 |
| 1970 | 5 | 4,950 |
| 1990 | 5 | 8,552 |
| 1992 | 6 | 7,775 |
| 2005 | 5 | 12,009 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## People named Ferenc

- Ferenc Krausz, Austrian-Hungarian laser physicist and university teacher (born 1962)
- Ferenc Fricsay, (1914–1963) conductor
- Ferenc Plattkó, football player (1898–1982)
- Ferenc Dávid, (c.1510–1579) Hungarian noble
- Ferenc Mohácsi, Canoe racer
- Ferenc Kemény, educator (1860–1944)
- Ferenc Csipes, Canoe racer
- Ferenc Wesselényi, (1605–1667) Hungarian military commander
- Ferenc Novák, Canoe racer
- Ferenc Hatlaczky, Canoe racer (1934–1986)
- Ferenc Forgách, (1560/66–1615) Roman Catholic archbishop of Esztergom
- Ferenc Kovács, association football player (b. 1934)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.