Fern
Rank in 2025
#1219
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
186
girls 186
Peak year
1916
1,332 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
38,195
since 1880
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Fern was most popular in 1916, when 1,332 babies recorded as girls got the name (1.3 per 1,000). In 2025, 186 babies were named Fern, ranking #1219 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 47%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 186 | 1219 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 186 | 1250 | 16 | 5659 |
| 2023 | 157 | 1421 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 148 | 1478 | 5 | 12330 |
| 2021 | 141 | 1498 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 135 | 1559 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 108 | 1864 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 127 | 1656 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 86 | 2200 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 87 | 2206 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 86 | 2194 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 65 | 2683 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 46 | 3404 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 45 | 3523 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 34 | 4244 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 33 | 4397 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 26 | 5378 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 27 | 5279 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 10 | 10818 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 16 | 7482 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 18 | 6528 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 19 | 6216 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 13 | 7998 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 11 | 8837 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 9 | 10102 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 18 | 5937 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 13 | 7239 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 10 | 8584 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 11 | 7742 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 6 | 11807 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 13 | 6641 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 13 | 6672 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 8 | 9559 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 5 | 13317 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 9 | 8588 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 9 | 8501 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 15 | 5545 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 19 | 4496 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 8 | 7987 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 5 | 10912 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 13 | 5348 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 21 | 3726 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 17 | 4286 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 31 | 2901 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 28 | 3066 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 17 | 4327 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 28 | 2997 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 16 | 4242 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 20 | 3612 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 16 | 3963 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 22 | 3155 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 25 | 2835 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 33 | 2309 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 31 | 2356 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 41 | 2035 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 67 | 1490 | 5 | 4724 |
| 1969 | 49 | 1728 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 56 | 1519 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 70 | 1299 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 71 | 1284 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 84 | 1168 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 105 | 1060 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 109 | 1022 | 5 | 4048 |
| 1962 | 94 | 1121 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 164 | 821 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 183 | 755 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 204 | 702 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 177 | 748 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 187 | 731 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 232 | 629 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 216 | 633 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 237 | 585 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 256 | 543 | 8 | 2905 |
| 1952 | 226 | 577 | 5 | 3734 |
| 1951 | 250 | 527 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 228 | 547 | 8 | 2770 |
| 1949 | 238 | 538 | 5 | 3690 |
| 1948 | 245 | 528 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 255 | 520 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 284 | 464 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 260 | 442 | 8 | 2574 |
| 1944 | 281 | 427 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 300 | 423 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 311 | 407 | 7 | 2940 |
| 1941 | 301 | 396 | 5 | 3505 |
| 1940 | 328 | 359 | 5 | 3459 |
| 1939 | 327 | 359 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 377 | 323 | 6 | 3175 |
| 1937 | 366 | 326 | 10 | 2332 |
| 1936 | 395 | 303 | 8 | 2629 |
| 1935 | 429 | 289 | 7 | 2951 |
| 1934 | 462 | 285 | 8 | 2742 |
| 1933 | 507 | 275 | 15 | 1829 |
| 1932 | 503 | 277 | 6 | 3361 |
| 1931 | 571 | 255 | 12 | 2207 |
| 1930 | 633 | 246 | 8 | 3022 |
| 1929 | 679 | 231 | 13 | 2199 |
| 1928 | 806 | 221 | 13 | 2270 |
| 1927 | 845 | 219 | 18 | 1871 |
| 1926 | 912 | 209 | 8 | 3139 |
| 1925 | 976 | 203 | 15 | 2089 |
| 1924 | 1,059 | 197 | 16 | 2043 |
| 1923 | 1,169 | 187 | 18 | 1874 |
| 1922 | 1,207 | 182 | 17 | 1952 |
| 1921 | 1,297 | 174 | 21 | 1703 |
| 1920 | 1,304 | 170 | 21 | 1694 |
| 1919 | 1,181 | 176 | 16 | 1973 |
| 1918 | 1,341 | 164 | 15 | 2073 |
| 1917 | 1,261 | 162 | 16 | 1900 |
| 1916 | 1,332 | 152 | 17 | 1771 |
| 1915 | 1,175 | 157 | 26 | 1306 |
| 1914 | 821 | 172 | 14 | 1687 |
| 1913 | 697 | 166 | 11 | 1676 |
| 1912 | 613 | 167 | 7 | 2045 |
| 1911 | 435 | 172 | 7 | 1387 |
| 1910 | 394 | 174 | 7 | 1314 |
| 1909 | 345 | 173 | 8 | 1083 |
| 1908 | 364 | 166 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 276 | 193 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 277 | 181 | 5 | 1253 |
| 1905 | 273 | 183 | 5 | 1233 |
| 1904 | 281 | 173 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 276 | 176 | 11 | 696 |
| 1902 | 238 | 190 | 6 | 1013 |
| 1901 | 217 | 191 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 266 | 193 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 232 | 182 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 265 | 174 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 237 | 178 | 8 | 787 |
| 1896 | 218 | 186 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 184 | 199 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 197 | 188 | 7 | 857 |
| 1893 | 189 | 185 | 5 | 1035 |
| 1892 | 172 | 192 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 124 | 214 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 119 | 224 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 103 | 230 | 5 | 974 |
| 1888 | 77 | 262 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 69 | 252 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 36 | 356 | 6 | 845 |
| 1885 | 44 | 303 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 40 | 304 | 5 | 971 |
| 1883 | 19 | 435 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 26 | 348 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 10 | 539 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 10 | 547 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 99% · boys 1% across all years