Fern is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #2321 for girl births in the United States, given to 186 babies. Fern first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1918 (1,356 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 186 | #2,321 |
| 2024 | 202 | #2,235 |
| 2023 | 157 | #2,631 |
| 2022 | 153 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 141 | #2,780 |
| 2020 | 135 | #2,841 |
| 2019 | 108 | #3,368 |
| 2018 | 127 | #3,006 |
| 2017 | 86 | #3,899 |
| 2016 | 87 | #3,897 |
| 2015 | 86 | #3,894 |
| 2014 | 65 | #4,703 |
| 2013 | 46 | #5,867 |
| 2012 | 45 | #6,052 |
| 2011 | 34 | #7,283 |
| 2010 | 33 | #7,491 |
| 2009 | 26 | #9,001 |
| 2008 | 27 | #8,814 |
| 2007 | 10 | #17,486 |
| 2006 | 16 | #12,293 |
| 2005 | 18 | #10,756 |
| 2004 | 19 | #10,145 |
| 2003 | 13 | #12,941 |
| 2002 | 11 | #14,205 |
| 2001 | 9 | #16,076 |
| 2000 | 18 | #9,768 |
| 1999 | 13 | #11,762 |
| 1998 | 10 | #13,650 |
| 1997 | 11 | #12,402 |
| 1996 | 6 | #18,335 |
| 1995 | 13 | #10,615 |
| 1994 | 13 | #10,671 |
| 1993 | 8 | #14,735 |
| 1992 | 5 | #20,037 |
| 1991 | 9 | #13,248 |
| 1990 | 9 | #13,019 |
| 1989 | 15 | #8,690 |
| 1988 | 19 | #7,008 |
| 1987 | 8 | #12,012 |
| 1986 | 5 | #16,081 |
| 1985 | 13 | #8,220 |
| 1984 | 21 | #5,816 |
| 1983 | 17 | #6,601 |
| 1982 | 31 | #4,533 |
| 1981 | 28 | #4,819 |
| 1980 | 17 | #6,680 |
| 1979 | 28 | #4,697 |
| 1978 | 16 | #6,535 |
| 1977 | 20 | #5,588 |
| 1976 | 16 | #6,210 |
| 1975 | 22 | #4,976 |
| 1974 | 25 | #4,460 |
| 1973 | 33 | #3,630 |
| 1972 | 31 | #3,719 |
| 1971 | 41 | #3,201 |
| 1970 | 72 | #2,300 |
| 1969 | 49 | #2,737 |
| 1968 | 56 | #2,422 |
| 1967 | 70 | #2,089 |
| 1966 | 71 | #2,083 |
| 1965 | 84 | #1,924 |
| 1964 | 105 | #1,767 |
| 1963 | 114 | #1,690 |
| 1962 | 94 | #1,856 |
| 1961 | 164 | #1,419 |
| 1960 | 183 | #1,305 |
| 1959 | 204 | #1,223 |
| 1958 | 177 | #1,302 |
| 1957 | 187 | #1,271 |
| 1956 | 232 | #1,109 |
| 1955 | 216 | #1,114 |
| 1954 | 237 | #1,038 |
| 1953 | 264 | #962 |
| 1952 | 231 | #1,016 |
| 1951 | 250 | #944 |
| 1950 | 236 | #960 |
| 1949 | 243 | #944 |
| 1948 | 245 | #941 |
| 1947 | 255 | #934 |
| 1946 | 284 | #837 |
| 1945 | 268 | #792 |
| 1944 | 281 | #770 |
| 1943 | 300 | #765 |
| 1942 | 318 | #738 |
| 1941 | 306 | #713 |
| 1940 | 333 | #661 |
| 1939 | 327 | #666 |
| 1938 | 383 | #600 |
| 1937 | 376 | #596 |
| 1936 | 403 | #568 |
| 1935 | 436 | #546 |
| 1934 | 470 | #528 |
| 1933 | 522 | #487 |
| 1932 | 509 | #513 |
| 1931 | 583 | #471 |
| 1930 | 641 | #452 |
| 1929 | 692 | #435 |
| 1928 | 819 | #401 |
| 1927 | 863 | #395 |
| 1926 | 920 | #373 |
| 1925 | 991 | #362 |
| 1924 | 1,075 | #348 |
| 1923 | 1,187 | #323 |
| 1922 | 1,224 | #318 |
| 1921 | 1,318 | #300 |
| 1920 | 1,325 | #294 |
| 1919 | 1,197 | #306 |
| 1918 | 1,356 | #284 |
| 1917 | 1,277 | #278 |
| 1916 | 1,349 | #265 |
| 1915 | 1,201 | #273 |
| 1914 | 835 | #294 |
| 1913 | 708 | #282 |
| 1912 | 620 | #283 |
| 1911 | 442 | #260 |
| 1910 | 401 | #254 |
| 1909 | 353 | #257 |
| 1908 | 364 | #241 |
| 1907 | 276 | #287 |
| 1906 | 282 | #264 |
| 1905 | 278 | #268 |
| 1904 | 281 | #257 |
| 1903 | 287 | #245 |
| 1902 | 244 | #273 |
| 1901 | 217 | #278 |
| 1900 | 266 | #285 |
| 1899 | 232 | #265 |
| 1898 | 265 | #254 |
| 1897 | 245 | #253 |
| 1896 | 218 | #278 |
| 1895 | 184 | #302 |
| 1894 | 204 | #279 |
| 1893 | 194 | #279 |
| 1892 | 172 | #300 |
| 1891 | 124 | #331 |
| 1890 | 119 | #348 |
| 1889 | 108 | #356 |
| 1888 | 77 | #462 |
| 1887 | 69 | #434 |
| 1886 | 42 | #591 |
| 1885 | 44 | #547 |
| 1884 | 45 | #544 |
| 1883 | 19 | #830 |
| 1882 | 26 | #688 |
| 1881 | 10 | #1,088 |
| 1880 | 10 | #1,133 |