Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Fergus

#6,768 most common boys' name of all time · #16,968 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1916–2025

Rank among boys
#6,768
Rank overall
#16,968 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
59 of 146
All-time
568
Since 2016
181
Peak year
2024 #4,336
Best rank
#2,870 1918
Girls Boys peak 24/yr
192019401960198020002020

Fergus first appears in 1916. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 19 19 #5,066
2024 — 24 24 #4,336
2023 — 23 23 #4,478
2022 — 12 12 #6,886
2021 — 22 22 #4,512
2020 — 13 13 #6,324
2019 — 15 15 #5,847
2018 — 16 16 #5,579
2017 — 17 17 #5,332
2016 — 20 20 #4,801
2015 — 21 21 #4,569
2014 — 12 12 #6,690
2013 — 20 20 #4,653
2012 — 9 9 #8,244
2011 — 12 12 #6,630
2009 — 7 7 #9,966
2008 — 12 12 #6,829
2007 — 12 12 #6,683
2006 — 6 6 #10,810
2005 — 5 5 #11,646
2004 — 10 10 #7,061
2003 — 11 11 #6,321
2002 — 5 5 #10,850
2001 — 8 8 #7,647
2000 — 15 15 #4,836
1999 — 13 13 #5,081
1998 — 8 8 #6,945
1997 — 13 13 #4,719
1996 — 8 8 #6,597
1995 — 7 7 #7,111
1994 — 5 5 #8,967
1993 — 6 6 #7,799
1988 — 6 6 #6,595
1984 — 5 5 #6,518
1978 — 5 5 #5,993
1977 — 5 5 #6,085
1973 — 5 5 #5,326
1972 — 5 5 #5,222
1971 — 5 5 #5,136
1970 — 5 5 #4,976
1967 — 8 8 #3,112
1966 — 6 6 #3,733
1965 — 6 6 #3,701
1964 — 9 9 #2,971
1962 — 7 7 #3,480
1959 — 5 5 #4,270
1953 — 8 8 #3,058
1952 — 7 7 #3,265
1946 — 5 5 #3,823
1937 — 5 5 #3,847
1933 — 5 5 #3,973
1930 — 5 5 #4,317
1927 — 6 6 #4,069
1926 — 6 6 #4,041
1925 — 5 5 #4,584
1921 — 5 5 #4,691
1919 — 6 6 #4,037
1918 — 10 10 #2,870
1916 — 7 7 #3,474