# Fernanda (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/fernanda/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 20,156 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 26 / 20,130 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 56, 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 961 | 329 |
| 2012 | 823 | 381 |
| 2013 | 585 | 510 |
| 2014 | 585 | 530 |
| 2015 | 551 | 563 |
| 2016 | 688 | 462 |
| 2017 | 734 | 435 |
| 2018 | 631 | 493 |
| 2019 | 635 | 494 |
| 2020 | 512 | 571 |
| 2021 | 518 | 584 |
| 2022 | 690 | 460 |
| 2023 | 658 | 469 |
| 2024 | 612 | 500 |
| 2025 | 549 | 551 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 5 | 4,956 |
| 1972 | 6 | 4,618 |
| 1973 | 7 | 4,225 |
| 2009 | 8 | 9,259 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4 | 3,247 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3,998 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |
| 2007 | 7 | 2,895 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |

## People named Fernanda

- Fernanda Torres, Brazilian actress and writer
- Fernanda Lima, Brazilian actress
- Fernanda Ribeiro, Athletics competitor, long distance runner
- Fernanda Garay, Brazilian volleyball player
- Fernanda Vasconcellos, Brazilian actress
- Fernanda Machado, Brazilian actress
- Fernanda Tavares, Brazilian model
- Fernanda Takai, Brazilian writer recording artist and singer
- Fernanda Urrejola, Chilean actress
- Fernanda Ferreira, Brazilian volleyball player
- Fernanda Venturini, Brazilian volleyball player
- Fernanda Paes Leme, Brazilian actress

## 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.