Fern is an established girls' name that peaked in 1918 and has since faded.
Fern is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,220 for girl births in the United States (and #2,323 across all names), given to 186 babies. Fern was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (1,341 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 186 | 186 | #1,220 | — |
| 2024 | 202 | 202 | #1,252 | #5,736 |
| 2023 | 157 | 157 | #1,422 | — |
| 2022 | 153 | 153 | #1,481 | #12,965 |
| 2021 | 141 | 141 | #1,500 | — |
| 2020 | 135 | 135 | #1,565 | — |
| 2019 | 108 | 108 | #1,867 | — |
| 2018 | 127 | 127 | #1,660 | — |
| 2017 | 86 | 86 | #2,206 | — |
| 2016 | 87 | 87 | #2,213 | — |
| 2015 | 86 | 86 | #2,200 | — |
| 2014 | 65 | 65 | #2,696 | — |
| 2013 | 46 | 46 | #3,419 | — |
| 2012 | 45 | 45 | #3,547 | — |
| 2011 | 34 | 34 | #4,283 | — |
| 2010 | 33 | 33 | #4,427 | — |
| 2009 | 26 | 26 | #5,439 | — |
| 2008 | 27 | 27 | #5,336 | — |
| 2007 | 10 | 10 | #11,097 | — |
| 2006 | 16 | 16 | #7,608 | — |
| 2005 | 18 | 18 | #6,633 | — |
| 2004 | 19 | 19 | #6,312 | — |
| 2003 | 13 | 13 | #8,151 | — |
| 2002 | 11 | 11 | #9,049 | — |
| 2001 | 9 | 9 | #10,378 | — |
| 2000 | 18 | 18 | #6,030 | — |
| 1999 | 13 | 13 | #7,381 | — |
| 1998 | 10 | 10 | #8,806 | — |
| 1997 | 11 | — | #7,951 | — |
| 1996 | 6 | — | #12,336 | — |
| 1995 | 13 | — | #6,774 | — |
| 1994 | 13 | — | #6,806 | — |
| 1993 | 8 | — | #9,877 | — |
| 1992 | 5 | — | #13,989 | — |
| 1991 | 9 | — | #8,828 | — |
| 1990 | 9 | — | #8,713 | — |
| 1989 | 15 | — | #5,638 | — |
| 1988 | 19 | — | #4,534 | — |
| 1987 | 8 | — | #8,239 | — |
| 1986 | 5 | — | #11,515 | — |
| 1985 | 13 | — | #5,455 | — |
| 1984 | 21 | — | #3,771 | — |
| 1983 | 17 | — | #4,331 | — |
| 1982 | 31 | — | #2,917 | — |
| 1981 | 28 | — | #3,094 | — |
| 1980 | 17 | — | #4,383 | — |
| 1979 | 28 | — | #3,016 | — |
| 1978 | 16 | — | #4,321 | — |
| 1977 | 20 | — | #3,659 | — |
| 1976 | 16 | — | #4,016 | — |
| 1975 | 22 | — | #3,188 | — |
| 1974 | 25 | — | #2,858 | — |
| 1973 | 33 | — | #2,323 | — |
| 1972 | 31 | — | #2,365 | — |
| 1971 | 41 | — | #2,043 | — |
| 1970 | 72 | — | #1,491 | #4,955 |
| 1969 | 49 | — | #1,739 | — |
| 1968 | 56 | — | #1,523 | — |
| 1967 | 70 | — | #1,304 | — |
| 1966 | 71 | — | #1,286 | — |
| 1965 | 84 | — | #1,173 | — |
| 1964 | 105 | — | #1,061 | — |
| 1963 | 114 | — | #1,022 | #4,248 |
| 1962 | 94 | — | #1,121 | — |
| 1961 | 164 | — | #822 | — |
| 1960 | 183 | — | #758 | — |
| 1959 | 204 | — | #702 | — |
| 1958 | 177 | — | #749 | — |
| 1957 | 187 | — | #732 | — |
| 1956 | 232 | — | #629 | — |
| 1955 | 216 | — | #633 | — |
| 1954 | 237 | — | #586 | — |
| 1953 | 264 | — | #543 | #2,994 |
| 1952 | 231 | — | #577 | #3,919 |
| 1951 | 250 | — | #527 | — |
| 1950 | 236 | — | #547 | #2,856 |
| 1949 | 243 | — | #538 | #3,868 |
| 1948 | 245 | — | #528 | — |
| 1947 | 255 | — | #520 | — |
| 1946 | 284 | — | #464 | — |
| 1945 | 268 | — | #442 | #2,633 |
| 1944 | 281 | — | #427 | — |
| 1943 | 300 | — | #424 | — |
| 1942 | 318 | — | #407 | #3,029 |
| 1941 | 306 | — | #396 | #3,675 |
| 1940 | 333 | — | #359 | #3,625 |
| 1939 | 327 | — | #359 | — |
| 1938 | 383 | — | #323 | #3,292 |
| 1937 | 376 | — | #326 | #2,374 |
| 1936 | 403 | — | #303 | #2,713 |
| 1935 | 436 | — | #289 | #3,064 |
| 1934 | 470 | — | #285 | #2,819 |
| 1933 | 522 | — | #275 | #1,861 |
| 1932 | 509 | — | #277 | #3,508 |
| 1931 | 583 | — | #255 | #2,245 |
| 1930 | 641 | — | #246 | #3,116 |
| 1929 | 692 | — | #231 | #2,245 |
| 1928 | 819 | — | #222 | #2,308 |
| 1927 | 863 | — | #219 | #1,901 |
| 1926 | 920 | — | #209 | #3,224 |
| 1925 | 991 | — | #203 | #2,122 |
| 1924 | 1,075 | — | #197 | #2,080 |
| 1923 | 1,187 | — | #187 | #1,897 |
| 1922 | 1,224 | — | #182 | #1,983 |
| 1921 | 1,318 | — | #174 | #1,731 |
| 1920 | 1,325 | — | #170 | #1,716 |
| 1919 | 1,197 | — | #176 | #2,003 |
| 1918 | 1,356 | — | #164 | #2,102 |
| 1917 | 1,277 | — | #162 | #1,926 |
| 1916 | 1,349 | — | #152 | #1,795 |
| 1915 | 1,201 | — | #157 | #1,320 |
| 1914 | 835 | — | #172 | #1,717 |
| 1913 | 708 | — | #166 | #1,720 |
| 1912 | 620 | — | #167 | #2,118 |
| 1911 | 442 | — | #172 | #1,443 |
| 1910 | 401 | — | #174 | #1,350 |
| 1909 | 353 | — | #174 | #1,112 |
| 1908 | 364 | — | #166 | — |
| 1907 | 276 | — | #193 | — |
| 1906 | 282 | — | #181 | #1,302 |
| 1905 | 278 | — | #183 | #1,301 |
| 1904 | 281 | — | #173 | — |
| 1903 | 287 | — | #177 | #710 |
| 1902 | 244 | — | #190 | #1,056 |
| 1901 | 217 | — | #191 | — |
| 1900 | 266 | — | #193 | — |
| 1899 | 232 | — | #182 | — |
| 1898 | 265 | — | #175 | — |
| 1897 | 245 | — | #178 | #812 |
| 1896 | 218 | — | #186 | — |
| 1895 | 184 | — | #200 | — |
| 1894 | 204 | — | #188 | #893 |
| 1893 | 194 | — | #185 | #1,097 |
| 1892 | 172 | — | #192 | — |
| 1891 | 124 | — | #216 | — |
| 1890 | 119 | — | #224 | — |
| 1889 | 108 | — | #230 | #1,021 |
| 1888 | 77 | — | #262 | — |
| 1887 | 69 | — | #252 | — |
| 1886 | 42 | — | #358 | #885 |
| 1885 | 44 | — | #304 | — |
| 1884 | 45 | — | #306 | #1,025 |
| 1883 | 19 | — | #440 | — |
| 1882 | 26 | — | #349 | — |
| 1881 | 10 | — | #554 | — |
| 1880 | 10 | — | #558 | — |