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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Ferne

Ferne was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1916, when it ranked 400th with 247 babies. More babies were named Ferne in the 1910s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1916247 babies
Total since 1880
4,676babies recorded

Ferne popularity since 1880

0125250375500 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020#15,8985
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980——
1970——
1960#3,56013
1950#2,58416
1940#1,17639
1930#88567
1920#481202
1910#49368
1900#47551
1890#62318
1880——

How popular is Ferne, counting every spelling?

Ferne has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Ferne?

About 400 people born in the US named Ferne are alive today, with a median age of 80; half are between 72 and 86. That makes Ferne a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Ferne by state

How common Ferne was among girls born in each state in 1914–1918, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Iowa (6.0×), South Dakota (6.0×), Nebraska (4.8×), Kansas (3.9×), Wisconsin (3.0×). In 29 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: 0.59 per 1,000 babiesME0.59Wisconsin: 0.61 per 1,000 babiesWI0.61Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: 0.27 per 1,000 babiesWA0.27Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesMT0.20North Dakota: 0.44 per 1,000 babiesND0.44Minnesota: 0.37 per 1,000 babiesMN0.37Illinois: 0.39 per 1,000 babiesIL0.39Michigan: 0.26 per 1,000 babiesMI0.26New York: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesNY0.02Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: 0.22 per 1,000 babiesOR0.22Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: 1.2 per 1,000 babiesSD1.2Iowa: 1.2 per 1,000 babiesIA1.2Indiana: 0.39 per 1,000 babiesIN0.39Ohio: 0.22 per 1,000 babiesOH0.22Pennsylvania: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesPA0.20New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.29 per 1,000 babiesCA0.29Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: 0.99 per 1,000 babiesNE0.99Missouri: 0.25 per 1,000 babiesMO0.25Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesVA0.04Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: 0.79 per 1,000 babiesKS0.79Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesOK0.23Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesTX0.03Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Ferne, girls, 1914–1918. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Ferne

How popular is the name Ferne?

Ferne was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1916, when it ranked 400th with 247 babies. More babies were named Ferne in the 1910s than in any other decade.

Is Ferne a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 4,676 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Ferne most popular?

In 1914–1918, Ferne was most common in Iowa (1.24 per 1,000 girls), followed by South Dakota and Nebraska.