Fernie
- Last seen for girls in 1939 at #4,250
- Last seen for boys in 2001 at #10,556
- Given to boys 96.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1961 · 13 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 344since 1919
Fernie over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Fernie has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2001 | — | #10,556 | 5 | |
| 2000 | — | #9,112 | 6 | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | #8,479 | 6 | |
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | #9,015 | 5 | |
| 1995 | — | #6,407 | 8 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,094 | 15 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,360 | 10 | |
| 1992 | — | #8,435 | 5 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,942 | 8 | |
| 1990 | — | #8,117 | 5 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,809 | 14 | |
| 1988 | — | #5,200 | 8 | |
| 1987 | — | #6,951 | 5 | |
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| 1983 | — | #4,907 | 7 | |
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| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
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| 1976 | — | #3,471 | 10 | |
| 1975 | — | #5,464 | 5 | |
| 1974 | — | #4,634 | 6 | |
| 1973 | — | #4,505 | 6 | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | #4,375 | 6 | |
| 1970 | — | #4,230 | 6 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,935 | 6 | |
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | #3,966 | 5 | |
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| 1964 | — | #3,601 | 6 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,318 | 7 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,504 | 11 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,322 | 13 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,077 | 8 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,290 | 7 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,506 | 11 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,024 | 8 | |
| 1956 | — | #3,216 | 7 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,964 | 8 | |
| 1954 | — | #3,827 | 5 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,798 | 5 | |
| 1952 | — | #3,373 | 6 | |
| 1951 | — | — | ||
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| 1949 | — | #3,019 | 7 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,608 | 9 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,733 | 5 | |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | #3,338 | 5 | |
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| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #3,113 | 6 |
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| 1934 | — | #3,277 | 6 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,268 | 6 | |
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| 1928 | — | #3,697 | 6 | |
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| 1925 | — | #4,197 | 5 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,867 | 6 | |
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| 1922 | — | #3,252 | 8 | |
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| 1919 | — | #3,736 | 6 | |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
1919
The first year at least five boys were named Fernie! It came in at #3,736, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1920–1921, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Fernie is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Fernie in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Fernie
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2001
Rise & fade · boys
42 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1919
- Peaked 1961 at #2,322 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 128,802
- Highest: 1 in 128,802 boys born in 1994 were named Fernie (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 388,576 boys born in 2001 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,322 in 1961, was only 1 in 163,400 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 18.0% of all boys named Fernie (62) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #3,736 (1919) | #3,736 |
| 1920s | 25 | #3,252 (1922) | #3,753 |
| 1930s | 18 | #3,113 (1939) | #3,219 |
| 1940s | 26 | #2,608 (1948) | #3,175 |
| 1950s | 57 | #2,506 (1958) | #3,250 |
| 1960s | 56 | #2,322 (1961) | #3,246 |
| 1970s | 39 | #3,471 (1976) | #4,447 |
| 1980s | 44 | #3,809 (1989) | #5,563 |
| 1990s | 62 | #4,094 (1994) | #6,981 |
| 2000s | 11 | #9,112 (2000) | #9,834 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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