Meaning not yet researched.
Ferris: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 38 in 2025. Its best rank was #765 in 1902.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #765 in 1902; #3,149 in 2025. About 88% of babies named Ferris in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#3,149 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1902, at #765.
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Ferris: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 38 boys in 2025. Peak: #765 in 1902 · most boys in one year: 57 (2024).
In 2025, 38 US boys were named Ferris, making it the 3,149th most common boys’ name of the year, down 719 places from #2,430 in 2024. That is 19 fewer than the 57 boys named Ferris in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #765, reached in 1902. The most boys given the name in a single year was 57, in 2024. For comparison, it was #2,695 in 2015 and #1,405 in 1950.
In 2025, 5 US girls were named Ferris, making it the 15,675th most common girls’ name of the year, down 5,886 places from #9,789 in 2024. That is 5 fewer than the 10 girls named Ferris in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #2,774, reached in 1915. The most girls given the name in a single year was 16, in 1981. For comparison, it was #11,208 in 2015 and #4,920 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ferris in 126 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1893 with 6 babies. In all, 3,149 US babies have been given the name, 9.9% of them girls and 90% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 468 babies named Ferris.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 416 US boys were named Ferris; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 57. In 2025 that was about 1 in 44,949 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Rarer spellings such as Feras and Ferras 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.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Feras (487), Ferras (5).
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 Ferris in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #15,675 | 38 | #3,149 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,789 | 57 | #2,430 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,570 | 41 | #3,022 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,554 | 50 | #2,654 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,800 | 42 | #2,932 |
| 2020 | 6 | #14,017 | 35 | #3,225 |
| 2019 | — | — | 29 | #3,746 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,848 | 30 | #3,637 |
| 2017 | 5 | #16,683 | 46 | #2,691 |
| 2016 | 9 | #11,160 | 48 | #2,597 |
| 2015 | 9 | #11,208 | 45 | #2,695 |
| 2014 | — | — | 42 | #2,824 |
| 2013 | 6 | #15,244 | 34 | #3,213 |
| 2012 | — | — | 29 | #3,643 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,831 | 21 | #4,554 |
| 2010 | — | — | 22 | #4,407 |
| 2009 | — | — | 25 | #4,078 |
| 2008 | 5 | #18,430 | 26 | #3,970 |
| 2007 | — | — | 28 | #3,723 |
| 2006 | — | — | 22 | #4,273 |
| 2005 | — | — | 14 | #5,670 |
| 2004 | — | — | 10 | #7,152 |
| 2003 | — | — | 17 | #4,670 |
| 2002 | — | — | 14 | #5,216 |
| 2001 | — | — | 18 | #4,351 |
| 2000 | — | — | 11 | #6,046 |
| 1999 | — | — | 10 | #6,191 |
| 1998 | — | — | 17 | #4,072 |
| 1997 | — | — | 13 | #4,752 |
| 1996 | — | — | 18 | #3,728 |
| 1995 | — | — | 9 | #6,076 |
| 1994 | — | — | 18 | #3,644 |
| 1993 | — | — | 15 | #4,086 |
| 1992 | — | — | 16 | #3,805 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,990 | 14 | #4,075 |
| 1990 | — | — | 16 | #3,664 |
| 1989 | — | — | 13 | #4,105 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,784 | 11 | #4,261 |
| 1987 | — | — | 16 | #3,108 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,923 | 17 | #2,927 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,170 | 11 | #3,885 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,500 | 6 | #5,826 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,890 | 12 | #3,475 |
| 1982 | 11 | #6,063 | 7 | #5,210 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,598 | 11 | #3,685 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,447 | 8 | #4,639 |
| 1979 | — | — | 9 | #4,180 |
| 1978 | — | — | 11 | #3,477 |
| 1977 | — | — | 16 | #2,696 |
| 1976 | — | — | 14 | #2,869 |
| 1975 | — | — | 14 | #2,798 |
| 1974 | — | — | 16 | #2,496 |
| 1973 | — | — | 15 | #2,542 |
| 1972 | — | — | 10 | #3,223 |
| 1971 | — | — | 8 | #3,758 |
| 1970 | — | — | 17 | #2,231 |
| 1969 | — | — | 16 | #2,167 |
| 1968 | — | — | 10 | #2,796 |
| 1967 | — | — | 11 | #2,524 |
| 1966 | — | — | 11 | #2,525 |
| 1965 | — | — | 13 | #2,302 |
| 1964 | — | — | 12 | #2,462 |
| 1963 | — | — | 10 | #2,736 |
| 1962 | — | — | 18 | #1,914 |
| 1961 | — | — | 19 | #1,902 |
| 1960 | — | — | 17 | #1,998 |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,559 | 17 | #2,001 |
| 1958 | — | — | 25 | #1,565 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,615 | 23 | #1,690 |
| 1956 | — | — | 16 | #2,037 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,403 | 33 | #1,320 |
| 1954 | — | — | 21 | #1,676 |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,348 | 30 | #1,388 |
| 1952 | — | — | 26 | #1,496 |
| 1951 | — | — | 25 | #1,498 |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,920 | 27 | #1,405 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,500 | 28 | #1,393 |
| 1948 | — | — | 22 | #1,575 |
| 1947 | — | — | 39 | #1,166 |
| 1946 | — | — | 20 | #1,614 |
| 1945 | — | — | 22 | #1,424 |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,796 | 18 | #1,648 |
| 1943 | — | — | 32 | #1,226 |
| 1942 | — | — | 30 | #1,281 |
| 1941 | — | — | 21 | #1,501 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,572 | 27 | #1,295 |
| 1939 | — | — | 31 | #1,176 |
| 1938 | — | — | 21 | #1,495 |
| 1937 | — | — | 16 | #1,783 |
| 1936 | — | — | 15 | #1,834 |
| 1935 | — | — | 27 | #1,304 |
| 1934 | — | — | 13 | #2,055 |
| 1933 | — | — | 23 | #1,422 |
| 1932 | — | — | 28 | #1,300 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,571 | 32 | #1,222 |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,787 | 29 | #1,348 |
| 1929 | — | — | 34 | #1,202 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,975 | 28 | #1,397 |
| 1927 | 5 | #5,066 | 44 | #1,064 |
| 1926 | 7 | #4,021 | 46 | #1,021 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,612 | 44 | #1,048 |
| 1924 | 10 | #3,217 | 45 | #1,062 |
| 1923 | 5 | #5,224 | 45 | #1,064 |
| 1922 | — | — | 53 | #964 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,790 | 45 | #1,051 |
| 1920 | — | — | 38 | #1,167 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,455 | 36 | #1,170 |
| 1918 | — | — | 42 | #1,042 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,853 | 39 | #1,067 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,677 | 35 | #1,103 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,774 | 42 | #968 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,328 | 29 | #1,062 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,360 | 31 | #884 |
| 1912 | — | — | 16 | #1,199 |
| 1911 | — | — | 10 | #1,140 |
| 1910 | — | — | 6 | #1,474 |
| 1908 | — | — | 8 | #1,049 |
| 1907 | — | — | 9 | #951 |
| 1905 | — | — | 6 | #1,144 |
| 1904 | — | — | 7 | #1,002 |
| 1902 | — | — | 10 | #765 |
| 1900 | — | — | 9 | #931 |
| 1896 | — | — | 7 | #927 |
| 1895 | — | — | 6 | #1,014 |
| 1894 | — | — | 5 | #1,140 |
| 1893 | — | — | 6 | #946 |
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).