Ferne
3 countriesUS
4,676
total births, United States
SCOT
#387
in Scotland, 2025
NI
3
total births, Northern Ireland
Total births recorded
4,790
Peak year (United States)
1916
Peak-year count
247
First recorded
1884
Popularity across 3 countries
Each line is scaled to its own peak, so you can compare when Ferne was in fashion in each country, whatever the population size.
United StatesScotlandNorthern Ireland
Country by country
United States
4,676 births recorded 1884–2020 · peaked in 1916 with 247 births
Most common in: Pennsylvania, Illinois, Iowa, Ohio, Nebraska
Source: Social Security Administration, official birth-registration data
Scotland
111 births recorded 1992–2025 · currently #387 · peaked in 2021 with 14 births
Source: National Records of Scotland, official birth-registration data
Northern Ireland
3 births recorded 2019–2019 · peaked in 2019 with 3 births
Source: NISRA, official birth-registration data
United States rank history
Ferne’s rank among girls’ names, most recent 20 years on record.
| Year | Rank | vs. prior yr |
|---|---|---|
| 1947 | #1822 | — |
| 1948 | #2329 | ↓507 |
| 1949 | #2134 | ↑195 |
| 1950 | #2535 | ↓401 |
| 1951 | #2182 | ↑353 |
| 1952 | #2023 | ↑159 |
| 1953 | #2595 | ↓572 |
| 1954 | #3718 | ↓1123 |
| 1955 | #2635 | ↑1083 |
| 1956 | #3186 | ↓551 |
| 1957 | #3033 | ↑153 |
| 1958 | #3379 | ↓346 |
| 1959 | #4031 | ↓652 |
| 1960 | #3512 | ↑519 |
| 1961 | #4882 | ↓1370 |
| 1962 | #4263 | ↑619 |
| 1963 | #4896 | ↓633 |
| 1967 | #6804 | ↓1908 |
| 2017 | #15902 | ↓9098 |
| 2020 | #15088 | ↑814 |