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.

Fern

#717 most common girls' name of all time · #1,301 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#717
Rank overall
#1,301 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
38,195
Since 2016
1,382
Peak year
1918 #164
Best rank
#152 1916
Girls Boys peak 1,356/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Fern is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 186 — 186 #1,219
2024 186 16 202 #1,250
2023 157 — 157 #1,421
2022 148 5 153 #1,479
2021 141 — 141 #1,498
2020 135 — 135 #1,560
2019 108 — 108 #1,864
2018 127 — 127 #1,656
2017 86 — 86 #2,200
2016 87 — 87 #2,209
2015 86 — 86 #2,195
2014 65 — 65 #2,684
2013 46 — 46 #3,405
2012 45 — 45 #3,526
2011 34 — 34 #4,248
2010 33 — 33 #4,399
2009 26 — 26 #5,382
2008 27 — 27 #5,283
2007 10 — 10 #10,823
2006 16 — 16 #7,484
2005 18 — 18 #6,531
2004 19 — 19 #6,218
2003 13 — 13 #8,003
2002 11 — 11 #8,842
2001 9 — 9 #10,112
2000 18 — 18 #5,947
1999 13 — 13 #7,251
1998 10 — 10 #8,589
1997 11 — 11 #7,748
1996 6 — 6 #11,818
1995 13 — 13 #6,648
1994 13 — 13 #6,682
1993 8 — 8 #9,565
1992 5 — 5 #13,324
1991 9 — 9 #8,600
1990 9 — 9 #8,507
1989 15 — 15 #5,546
1988 19 — 19 #4,499
1987 8 — 8 #7,992
1986 5 — 5 #10,925
1985 13 — 13 #5,352
1984 21 — 21 #3,728
1983 17 — 17 #4,292
1982 31 — 31 #2,905
1981 28 — 28 #3,070
1980 17 — 17 #4,332
1979 28 — 28 #2,999
1978 16 — 16 #4,246
1977 20 — 20 #3,614
1976 16 — 16 #3,968
1975 22 — 22 #3,156
1974 25 — 25 #2,840
1973 33 — 33 #2,312
1972 31 — 31 #2,358
1971 41 — 41 #2,037
1970 67 5 72 #1,491
1969 49 — 49 #1,729
1968 56 — 56 #1,519
1967 70 — 70 #1,300
1966 71 — 71 #1,286
1965 84 — 84 #1,171
1964 105 — 105 #1,061
1963 109 5 114 #1,023
1962 94 — 94 #1,123
1961 164 — 164 #821
1960 183 — 183 #756
1959 204 — 204 #702
1958 177 — 177 #748
1957 187 — 187 #732
1956 232 — 232 #629
1955 216 — 216 #633
1954 237 — 237 #585
1953 256 8 264 #543
1952 226 5 231 #577
1951 250 — 250 #527
1950 228 8 236 #548
1949 238 5 243 #539
1948 245 — 245 #529
1947 255 — 255 #521
1946 284 — 284 #464
1945 260 8 268 #442
1944 281 — 281 #427
1943 300 — 300 #424
1942 311 7 318 #407
1941 301 5 306 #396
1940 328 5 333 #360
1939 327 — 327 #359
1938 377 6 383 #323
1937 366 10 376 #326
1936 395 8 403 #303
1935 429 7 436 #289
1934 462 8 470 #285
1933 507 15 522 #275
1932 503 6 509 #277
1931 571 12 583 #255
1930 633 8 641 #246
1929 679 13 692 #231
1928 806 13 819 #222
1927 845 18 863 #219
1926 912 8 920 #209
1925 976 15 991 #203
1924 1,059 16 1,075 #197
1923 1,169 18 1,187 #187
1922 1,207 17 1,224 #182
1921 1,297 21 1,318 #174
1920 1,304 21 1,325 #170
1919 1,181 16 1,197 #176
1918 1,341 15 1,356 #164
1917 1,261 16 1,277 #162
1916 1,332 17 1,349 #152
1915 1,175 26 1,201 #157
1914 821 14 835 #172
1913 697 11 708 #166
1912 613 7 620 #167
1911 435 7 442 #172
1910 394 7 401 #174
1909 345 8 353 #174
1908 364 — 364 #166
1907 276 — 276 #193
1906 277 5 282 #181
1905 273 5 278 #183
1904 281 — 281 #174
1903 276 11 287 #176
1902 238 6 244 #190
1901 217 — 217 #191
1900 266 — 266 #194
1899 232 — 232 #182
1898 265 — 265 #175
1897 237 8 245 #178
1896 218 — 218 #186
1895 184 — 184 #200
1894 197 7 204 #188
1893 189 5 194 #187
1892 172 — 172 #192
1891 124 — 124 #216
1890 119 — 119 #226
1889 103 5 108 #231
1888 77 — 77 #266
1887 69 — 69 #253
1886 36 6 42 #358
1885 44 — 44 #305
1884 40 5 45 #314
1883 19 — 19 #443
1882 26 — 26 #350
1881 10 — 10 #553
1880 10 — 10 #558