Ferne
Last seen for girls in 2020 at #15,088
- Peak · girls
- 1916 · 247 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,676since 1884
Ferne over time
Rank among girls' names. Ferne has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
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| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 |
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| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 |
| 1966 | — | |
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| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 |
| 1960 | #3,512 | 13 |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 |
| 1958 | #3,379 | 13 |
| 1957 | #3,033 | 15 |
| 1956 | #3,186 | 14 |
| 1955 | #2,635 | 18 |
| 1954 | #3,718 | 10 |
| 1953 | #2,595 | 17 |
| 1952 | #2,023 | 25 |
| 1951 | #2,182 | 21 |
| 1950 | #2,535 | 16 |
| 1949 | #2,134 | 21 |
| 1948 | #2,329 | 18 |
| 1947 | #1,822 | 28 |
| 1946 | #2,094 | 20 |
| 1945 | #1,418 | 32 |
| 1944 | #1,401 | 33 |
| 1943 | #1,395 | 35 |
| 1942 | #1,300 | 38 |
| 1941 | #1,335 | 33 |
| 1940 | #1,170 | 39 |
| 1939 | #1,474 | 26 |
| 1938 | #1,316 | 31 |
| 1937 | #950 | 53 |
| 1936 | #1,165 | 37 |
| 1935 | #1,018 | 46 |
| 1934 | #1,019 | 46 |
| 1933 | #973 | 50 |
| 1932 | #899 | 61 |
| 1931 | #995 | 49 |
| 1930 | #880 | 67 |
| 1929 | #868 | 67 |
| 1928 | #765 | 87 |
| 1927 | #711 | 103 |
| 1926 | #725 | 100 |
| 1925 | #651 | 127 |
| 1924 | #623 | 145 |
| 1923 | #543 | 175 |
| 1922 | #569 | 159 |
| 1921 | #507 | 193 |
| 1920 | #481 | 202 |
| 1919 | #457 | 212 |
| 1918 | #441 | 225 |
| 1917 | #452 | 203 |
| 1916 | #400 | 247 |
| 1915 | #409 | 213 |
| 1914 | #454 | 145 |
| 1913 | #491 | 107 |
| 1912 | #483 | 98 |
| 1911 | #542 | 60 |
| 1910 | #493 | 68 |
| 1909 | #531 | 51 |
| 1908 | #493 | 54 |
| 1907 | #511 | 49 |
| 1906 | #555 | 40 |
| 1905 | #510 | 44 |
| 1904 | #559 | 36 |
| 1903 | #470 | 46 |
| 1902 | #623 | 28 |
| 1901 | #509 | 36 |
| 1900 | #475 | 51 |
| 1899 | #578 | 28 |
| 1898 | #502 | 38 |
| 1897 | #470 | 37 |
| 1896 | #514 | 33 |
| 1895 | #622 | 24 |
| 1894 | #546 | 28 |
| 1893 | #512 | 29 |
| 1892 | #565 | 24 |
| 1891 | #644 | 17 |
| 1890 | #617 | 18 |
| 1889 | #802 | 11 |
| 1888 | #793 | 11 |
| 1887 | #937 | 7 |
| 1886 | #731 | 10 |
| 1885 | #921 | 6 |
| 1884 | #793 | 8 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Ferne! It came in at #793, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1964–2025, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Ferne is popular in 1918
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Dakota#169 · 1 in 807
- Iowa#172 · 1 in 1,000
- Wisconsin#191 · 1 in 1,388
- Nebraska#200 · 1 in 1,142
- Kansas#213 · 1 in 1,227
Best ever in a state: #98 in Iowa, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #169 | 8 | 1 in 807 |
| Iowa | #172 | 22 | 1 in 1,000 |
| Wisconsin | #191 | 18 | 1 in 1,388 |
| Nebraska | #200 | 11 | 1 in 1,142 |
| Kansas | #213 | 13 | 1 in 1,227 |
| Maine | #220 | 5 | 1 in 1,288 |
| Washington | #232 | 6 | 1 in 1,651 |
| Minnesota | #234 | 13 | 1 in 1,732 |
| Indiana | #249 | 12 | 1 in 2,163 |
| Illinois | #270 | 24 | 1 in 2,583 |
| Pennsylvania | #323 | 20 | 1 in 4,978 |
| Missouri | #325 | 11 | 1 in 2,794 |
| Michigan | #356 | 9 | 1 in 4,072 |
| California | #364 | 7 | 1 in 3,293 |
| Ohio | #373 | 11 | 1 in 4,956 |
| Virginia | #415 | 5 | 1 in 5,428 |
| New York | #696 | 5 | 1 in 20,232 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Ferne
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
- Biggest jump: 215 spots in 1937 (#1,165 → #950)
- Biggest drop: 366 spots in 1938 (#950 → #1,316)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1916 at #400 (247 births)
- Births halved by 1926, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 51 yrs · run 1884–1933
- Highest: 1 in 4,228 girls born in 1916 were named Ferne (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 323,310 girls born in 2020 (0.00%)
- 33.7% of all girls named Ferne (1,578) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 53 | #731 (1886) | #830 |
| 1890s | 276 | #470 (1897) | #557 |
| 1900s | 435 | #470 (1903) | #524 |
| 1910s | 1,578 | #400 (1916) | #462 |
| 1920s | 1,358 | #481 (1920) | #644 |
| 1930s | 466 | #880 (1930) | #1,069 |
| 1940s | 297 | #1,170 (1940) | #1,640 |
| 1950s | 159 | #2,023 (1952) | #2,932 |
| 1960s | 44 | #3,512 (1960) | #4,871 |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 5 | #15,902 (2017) | #15,902 |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,088 (2020) | #15,088 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ferne in 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 5,145 of them was named Ferne, which outranked 92.1% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #437Jannie230
- #439Pansy229
- #440Aurora226
- #441Ferne225
- #441Floy225
- #443Lauretta224
- #444Monica223
- #444Winona223
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.