Fergie
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- FUR-gee
- Origin
- Scottish
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Fergie is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “man of vigour”. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Fergie mean?
Scottish: pet form of Fergus or the surname Ferguson
“man of vigour”
A pet form of Fergus or of the surname Ferguson, both from the Gaelic name Fergus, man of vigour.
Is Fergie a girl's or a boy's name?
Fergie is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fergie in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2020, with 3 boys.
Fergie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | #6,493 |
| 2022 | 2 | #6,336 |
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 2 | #6,253 |
| 2016 | 2 | #6,340 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 2 | #6,114 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #4,616 |
How popular is Fergie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,104th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Fergie, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 28 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
2025 had more girls named Fergie than any year since 2012.
Half of all the girls named Fergie in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Fergie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 26 | #5,431 |
| 2007 | 28 | #5,095 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
Names like Fergie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Freddie, Frankie, Ronnie, Albie, Reggie, Finley, Brody, Vinnie, Frederick, Dougie, Finn, Archie
More Scottish names
Isla, Logan, Arabella, Cameron, Bonnie, Paisley, Carson, Maxwell, Brodie, Finlay, Blair, Lennox, Skye, Knox, Dallas, Lochlan
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Fergie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/fergie, updated 20 October 2026.