Meaning not yet researched.
Fern: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 186 in 2025. Its best rank was #152 in 1916.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #152 in 1916; #1,220 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Fern in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,220 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1916, at #152.
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Fern: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 186 girls in 2025. Peak: #152 in 1916 · most girls in one year: 1,341 (1918).
In 2025, 186 US girls were named Fern, making it the 1,220th most common girls’ name of the year, up 32 places from #1,252 in 2024. That is 0 more than the 186 girls named Fern in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #152, reached in 1916. The most girls given the name in a single year was 1,341, in 1918. For comparison, it was #2,200 in 2015 and #547 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Fern in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 10 babies with the name. In all, 38,195 US babies have been given the name, 99% of them girls and 1.4% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 10,414 babies named Fern.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,361 US girls were named Fern; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 186. In 2025 that was about 1 in 8,641 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Fern ranked highest in Oregon in 2025, at #249 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Ferne (4,676 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Fyrn are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Fyrn (7).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Fern in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 34 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | 15 | #249 | #611 |
| Utah | 10 | #419 | — |
| Minnesota | 9 | #560 | #921 |
| Washington | 11 | #600 | — |
| Iowa | 5 | #601 | — |
| Wisconsin | 7 | #654 | — |
| Michigan | 9 | #815 | — |
| Ohio | 11 | #828 | #1,534 |
| Arizona | 6 | #956 | — |
| Colorado | 5 | #957 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 7 | #1,145 | — |
| Virginia | 5 | #1,247 | — |
| North Carolina | 6 | #1,328 | #1,290 |
| Illinois | 5 | #1,479 | — |
| New York | 8 | #1,573 | — |
| California | 12 | #1,775 | #2,813 |
| Texas | 9 | #2,276 | #3,448 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 186 | #1,220 | — | — |
| 2024 | 186 | #1,252 | 16 | #5,736 |
| 2023 | 157 | #1,422 | — | — |
| 2022 | 148 | #1,481 | 5 | #12,965 |
| 2021 | 141 | #1,500 | — | — |
| 2020 | 135 | #1,565 | — | — |
| 2019 | 108 | #1,867 | — | — |
| 2018 | 127 | #1,660 | — | — |
| 2017 | 86 | #2,206 | — | — |
| 2016 | 87 | #2,213 | — | — |
| 2015 | 86 | #2,200 | — | — |
| 2014 | 65 | #2,696 | — | — |
| 2013 | 46 | #3,419 | — | — |
| 2012 | 45 | #3,547 | — | — |
| 2011 | 34 | #4,283 | — | — |
| 2010 | 33 | #4,427 | — | — |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,439 | — | — |
| 2008 | 27 | #5,336 | — | — |
| 2007 | 10 | #11,097 | — | — |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,608 | — | — |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,633 | — | — |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,312 | — | — |
| 2003 | 13 | #8,151 | — | — |
| 2002 | 11 | #9,049 | — | — |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,378 | — | — |
| 2000 | 18 | #6,030 | — | — |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,381 | — | — |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,806 | — | — |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,951 | — | — |
| 1996 | 6 | #12,336 | — | — |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,774 | — | — |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,806 | — | — |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,877 | — | — |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,989 | — | — |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,828 | — | — |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,713 | — | — |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,638 | — | — |
| 1988 | 19 | #4,534 | — | — |
| 1987 | 8 | #8,239 | — | — |
| 1986 | 5 | #11,515 | — | — |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,455 | — | — |
| 1984 | 21 | #3,771 | — | — |
| 1983 | 17 | #4,331 | — | — |
| 1982 | 31 | #2,917 | — | — |
| 1981 | 28 | #3,094 | — | — |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,383 | — | — |
| 1979 | 28 | #3,016 | — | — |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,321 | — | — |
| 1977 | 20 | #3,659 | — | — |
| 1976 | 16 | #4,016 | — | — |
| 1975 | 22 | #3,188 | — | — |
| 1974 | 25 | #2,858 | — | — |
| 1973 | 33 | #2,323 | — | — |
| 1972 | 31 | #2,365 | — | — |
| 1971 | 41 | #2,043 | — | — |
| 1970 | 67 | #1,491 | 5 | #4,955 |
| 1969 | 49 | #1,739 | — | — |
| 1968 | 56 | #1,523 | — | — |
| 1967 | 70 | #1,304 | — | — |
| 1966 | 71 | #1,286 | — | — |
| 1965 | 84 | #1,173 | — | — |
| 1964 | 105 | #1,061 | — | — |
| 1963 | 109 | #1,022 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1962 | 94 | #1,121 | — | — |
| 1961 | 164 | #822 | — | — |
| 1960 | 183 | #758 | — | — |
| 1959 | 204 | #702 | — | — |
| 1958 | 177 | #749 | — | — |
| 1957 | 187 | #732 | — | — |
| 1956 | 232 | #629 | — | — |
| 1955 | 216 | #633 | — | — |
| 1954 | 237 | #586 | — | — |
| 1953 | 256 | #543 | 8 | #2,994 |
| 1952 | 226 | #577 | 5 | #3,919 |
| 1951 | 250 | #527 | — | — |
| 1950 | 228 | #547 | 8 | #2,856 |
| 1949 | 238 | #538 | 5 | #3,868 |
| 1948 | 245 | #528 | — | — |
| 1947 | 255 | #520 | — | — |
| 1946 | 284 | #464 | — | — |
| 1945 | 260 | #442 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 1944 | 281 | #427 | — | — |
| 1943 | 300 | #424 | — | — |
| 1942 | 311 | #407 | 7 | #3,029 |
| 1941 | 301 | #396 | 5 | #3,675 |
| 1940 | 328 | #359 | 5 | #3,625 |
| 1939 | 327 | #359 | — | — |
| 1938 | 377 | #323 | 6 | #3,292 |
| 1937 | 366 | #326 | 10 | #2,374 |
| 1936 | 395 | #303 | 8 | #2,713 |
| 1935 | 429 | #289 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1934 | 462 | #285 | 8 | #2,819 |
| 1933 | 507 | #275 | 15 | #1,861 |
| 1932 | 503 | #277 | 6 | #3,508 |
| 1931 | 571 | #255 | 12 | #2,245 |
| 1930 | 633 | #246 | 8 | #3,116 |
| 1929 | 679 | #231 | 13 | #2,245 |
| 1928 | 806 | #222 | 13 | #2,308 |
| 1927 | 845 | #219 | 18 | #1,901 |
| 1926 | 912 | #209 | 8 | #3,224 |
| 1925 | 976 | #203 | 15 | #2,122 |
| 1924 | 1,059 | #197 | 16 | #2,080 |
| 1923 | 1,169 | #187 | 18 | #1,897 |
| 1922 | 1,207 | #182 | 17 | #1,983 |
| 1921 | 1,297 | #174 | 21 | #1,731 |
| 1920 | 1,304 | #170 | 21 | #1,716 |
| 1919 | 1,181 | #176 | 16 | #2,003 |
| 1918 | 1,341 | #164 | 15 | #2,102 |
| 1917 | 1,261 | #162 | 16 | #1,926 |
| 1916 | 1,332 | #152 | 17 | #1,795 |
| 1915 | 1,175 | #157 | 26 | #1,320 |
| 1914 | 821 | #172 | 14 | #1,717 |
| 1913 | 697 | #166 | 11 | #1,720 |
| 1912 | 613 | #167 | 7 | #2,118 |
| 1911 | 435 | #172 | 7 | #1,443 |
| 1910 | 394 | #174 | 7 | #1,350 |
| 1909 | 345 | #174 | 8 | #1,112 |
| 1908 | 364 | #166 | — | — |
| 1907 | 276 | #193 | — | — |
| 1906 | 277 | #181 | 5 | #1,302 |
| 1905 | 273 | #183 | 5 | #1,301 |
| 1904 | 281 | #173 | — | — |
| 1903 | 276 | #177 | 11 | #710 |
| 1902 | 238 | #190 | 6 | #1,056 |
| 1901 | 217 | #191 | — | — |
| 1900 | 266 | #193 | — | — |
| 1899 | 232 | #182 | — | — |
| 1898 | 265 | #175 | — | — |
| 1897 | 237 | #178 | 8 | #812 |
| 1896 | 218 | #186 | — | — |
| 1895 | 184 | #200 | — | — |
| 1894 | 197 | #188 | 7 | #893 |
| 1893 | 189 | #185 | 5 | #1,097 |
| 1892 | 172 | #192 | — | — |
| 1891 | 124 | #216 | — | — |
| 1890 | 119 | #224 | — | — |
| 1889 | 103 | #230 | 5 | #1,021 |
| 1888 | 77 | #262 | — | — |
| 1887 | 69 | #252 | — | — |
| 1886 | 36 | #358 | 6 | #885 |
| 1885 | 44 | #304 | — | — |
| 1884 | 40 | #306 | 5 | #1,025 |
| 1883 | 19 | #440 | — | — |
| 1882 | 26 | #349 | — | — |
| 1881 | 10 | #554 | — | — |
| 1880 | 10 | #558 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).