Fern
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Fern is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “fern”. In 2025 it ranked 267th for girls in the UK (189 babies) and 1,219th for girls in the US (186 babies).
What does Fern mean?
English: plant name
“fern”
From the English plant name; Fern is the girl who saves Wilbur the pig in Charlotte's Web.
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- FURN
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Is Fern a girl's or a boy's name?
Fern is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 189 girls in the UK and 186 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fern in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #267among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 189about 1 in 1,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 189 girls in the UK were named Fern, making it the 267th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 351st.
2025 had the most girls named Fern of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Fern in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 296 girls in the UK were given Fern or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #203, up from #267 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 301st in England and Wales, 122nd in Scotland and 397th in Northern Ireland.
Fern in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 189 | #267 |
| 2024 | 155 | #313 |
| 2023 | 155 | #313 |
| 2022 | 134 | #361 |
| 2021 | 156 | #337 |
| 2020 | 138 | #351 |
| 2019 | 135 | #361 |
| 2018 | 122 | #403 |
| 2017 | 106 | #461 |
| 2016 | 102 | #470 |
| 2015 | 97 | #491 |
| 2014 | 95 | #500 |
| 2013 | 77 | #587 |
| 2012 | 70 | #643 |
| 2011 | 71 | #628 |
| 2010 | 85 | #529 |
| 2009 | 79 | #546 |
| 2008 | 87 | #498 |
| 2007 | 112 | #405 |
| 2006 | 144 | #334 |
| 2005 | 93 | #444 |
| 2004 | 93 | #427 |
| 2003 | 112 | #363 |
| 2002 | 103 | #369 |
| 2001 | 100 | #367 |
| 2000 | 101 | #369 |
| 1999 | 121 | #312 |
| 1998 | 183 | #254 |
| 1997 | 132 | #306 |
| 1996 | 180 | #246 |
How popular is Fern in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,219among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 186about 1 in 8,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 186 girls in the US were named Fern, making it the 1,219th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,559th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 1,341 girls.
Half of all the girls named Fern in the US since 1880 were born between 1916 and 1937, the years shaded on the chart below.
Fern in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 186 | #1,219 |
| 2024 | 186 | #1,250 |
| 2023 | 157 | #1,421 |
| 2022 | 148 | #1,478 |
| 2021 | 141 | #1,498 |
| 2020 | 135 | #1,559 |
| 2019 | 108 | #1,864 |
| 2018 | 127 | #1,656 |
| 2017 | 86 | #2,200 |
| 2016 | 87 | #2,206 |
| 2015 | 86 | #2,194 |
| 2014 | 65 | #2,681 |
| 2013 | 46 | #3,402 |
| 2012 | 45 | #3,522 |
| 2011 | 34 | #4,243 |
| 2010 | 33 | #4,396 |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,377 |
| 2008 | 27 | #5,277 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,539 |
| 1988 | 19 | #4,491 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 21 | #3,725 |
| 1983 | 17 | #4,285 |
| 1982 | 31 | #2,900 |
| 1981 | 28 | #3,066 |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,326 |
| 1979 | 28 | #2,997 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,242 |
| 1977 | 20 | #3,611 |
| 1976 | 16 | #3,961 |
| 1975 | 22 | #3,155 |
| 1974 | 25 | #2,835 |
| 1973 | 33 | #2,309 |
| 1972 | 31 | #2,356 |
| 1971 | 41 | #2,035 |
| 1970 | 67 | #1,490 |
| 1969 | 49 | #1,728 |
| 1968 | 56 | #1,519 |
| 1967 | 70 | #1,299 |
| 1966 | 71 | #1,284 |
| 1965 | 84 | #1,168 |
| 1964 | 105 | #1,060 |
| 1963 | 109 | #1,022 |
| 1962 | 94 | #1,121 |
| 1961 | 164 | #821 |
| 1960 | 183 | #755 |
| 1959 | 204 | #702 |
| 1958 | 177 | #747 |
| 1957 | 187 | #730 |
| 1956 | 232 | #628 |
| 1955 | 216 | #632 |
| 1954 | 237 | #584 |
| 1953 | 256 | #542 |
| 1952 | 226 | #576 |
| 1951 | 250 | #526 |
| 1950 | 228 | #546 |
| 1949 | 238 | #537 |
| 1948 | 245 | #527 |
| 1947 | 255 | #520 |
| 1946 | 284 | #464 |
| 1945 | 260 | #442 |
| 1944 | 281 | #427 |
| 1943 | 300 | #423 |
| 1942 | 311 | #407 |
| 1941 | 301 | #396 |
| 1940 | 328 | #359 |
| 1939 | 327 | #359 |
| 1938 | 377 | #323 |
| 1937 | 366 | #326 |
| 1936 | 395 | #303 |
| 1935 | 429 | #289 |
| 1934 | 462 | #285 |
| 1933 | 507 | #275 |
| 1932 | 503 | #277 |
| 1931 | 571 | #255 |
| 1930 | 633 | #246 |
| 1929 | 679 | #231 |
| 1928 | 806 | #221 |
| 1927 | 845 | #219 |
| 1926 | 912 | #209 |
| 1925 | 976 | #203 |
| 1924 | 1,059 | #197 |
| 1923 | 1,169 | #187 |
| 1922 | 1,207 | #182 |
| 1921 | 1,297 | #174 |
| 1920 | 1,304 | #170 |
| 1919 | 1,181 | #176 |
| 1918 | 1,341 | #164 |
| 1917 | 1,261 | #162 |
| 1916 | 1,332 | #152 |
| 1915 | 1,175 | #157 |
| 1914 | 821 | #172 |
| 1913 | 697 | #166 |
| 1912 | 613 | #167 |
| 1911 | 435 | #172 |
| 1910 | 394 | #174 |
| 1909 | 345 | #173 |
| 1908 | 364 | #166 |
| 1907 | 276 | #193 |
| 1906 | 277 | #181 |
| 1905 | 273 | #183 |
| 1904 | 281 | #173 |
| 1903 | 276 | #176 |
| 1902 | 238 | #190 |
| 1901 | 217 | #191 |
| 1900 | 266 | #193 |
| 1899 | 232 | #182 |
| 1898 | 265 | #174 |
| 1897 | 237 | #178 |
| 1896 | 218 | #186 |
| 1895 | 184 | #199 |
| 1894 | 197 | #188 |
| 1893 | 189 | #185 |
| 1892 | 172 | #192 |
| 1891 | 124 | #214 |
| 1890 | 119 | #224 |
| 1889 | 103 | #230 |
| 1888 | 77 | #262 |
| 1887 | 69 | #252 |
| 1886 | 36 | #356 |
| 1885 | 44 | #303 |
| 1884 | 40 | #304 |
| 1883 | 19 | #435 |
| 1882 | 26 | #348 |
| 1881 | 10 | #539 |
| 1880 | 10 | #547 |
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