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Ferris

Gender
Boy
UK rank, 2025
#4,301 for boys
US rank, 2025
#3,127 for boys

Ferris is a boys' name, meaning “iron”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 3,127th for boys in the US (38 babies).

What does Ferris mean?

“iron”

A surname transferred from the given name derived from the given name Fergus and/or from the Norman surname Ferrers.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Ferris a girl's or a boy's name?

Ferris is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 5 girls and 38 boys in the US.

How popular is Ferris in the UK?

Rank in 2025
4,301st among boys
Babies in 2025
4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 15% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Ferris, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 9 boys.

Half of all the boys named Ferris in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.

2000Busiest: 9 in 20152025
Ferris in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20254#4,301
20244#4,346
20233#5,193
20221#6,413
20215#3,614
20204#4,025
20195#3,597
20184#4,169
20173#4,995
20164#4,214
20159#2,425
20143#4,829
20137#2,792
20128#2,595
20114#3,986
20105#3,478
20094#3,909
20086#2,906
20075#3,231
20065#3,013
20050–
20041#4,870
20030–
20023#3,325
20010–
20003#3,146

How popular is Ferris in the US?

Rank in 2025
3,127th among boys
Babies in 2025
38 about 1 in 45,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising up 45% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 38 boys in the US were named Ferris, making it the 3,127th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,200th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 57 boys. It first appears in the records in 1893. 5 girls were also named Ferris in 2025 (14,937th for girls).

2025 had fewer boys named Ferris than any year since 2020.

Half of all the boys named Ferris in the US since 1880 were born between 1927 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 12% of the babies named Ferris in the US were girls.

1893Busiest: 57 in 20242025
Ferris in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202538#3,127
202457#2,418
202341#3,004
202250#2,647
202142#2,917
202035#3,200
201929#3,713
201830#3,603
201746#2,671
201648#2,586
201545#2,683
201442#2,803
201334#3,187
201229#3,622
201121#4,507
201022#4,365
200925#4,033
200826#3,918
200728#3,685
200622#4,219
200514#5,572
200410#6,970
200317#4,611
200214#5,124
200118#4,296
200011#5,913
199910#6,036
199817#4,015
199713#4,663
199618#3,672
19959#5,922
199418#3,590
199315#4,013
199216#3,740
199114#3,998
199016#3,601
198913#4,011
198811#4,157
198716#3,068
198617#2,888
198511#3,802
19846#5,557
198312#3,410
19827#5,001
198111#3,599
19808#4,493
19799#4,066
197811#3,399
197716#2,664
197614#2,825
197514#2,749
197416#2,457
197315#2,511
197210#3,150
19718#3,656
197017#2,212
196916#2,129
196810#2,734
196711#2,469
196611#2,464
196513#2,269
196412#2,408
196310#2,672
196218#1,895
196119#1,875
196017#1,972
195917#1,973
195825#1,556
195723#1,672
195616#2,014
195533#1,312
195421#1,667
195330#1,377
195226#1,484
195125#1,488
195027#1,394
194928#1,379
194822#1,558
194739#1,158
194620#1,600
194522#1,405
194418#1,629
194332#1,214
194230#1,268
194121#1,485
194027#1,288
193931#1,168
193821#1,476
193716#1,756
193615#1,801
193527#1,295
193413#2,022
193323#1,405
193228#1,286
193132#1,217
193029#1,330
192934#1,195
192828#1,382
192744#1,060
192646#1,018
192544#1,040
192445#1,058
192345#1,057
192253#958
192145#1,045
192038#1,157
191936#1,159
191842#1,035
191739#1,062
191635#1,096
191542#962
191429#1,054
191331#871
191216#1,174
191110#1,116
19106#1,420
19090–
19088#1,021
19079#929
19060–
19056#1,090
19047#966
19030–
190210#743
19010–
19009#901
18990–
18980–
18970–
18967#899
18956#977
18945#1,073
18936#906

Names like Ferris

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Ellis, Otis, Harris, Francis, Leo, Felix, Freddie, Louie, Henry, Archie, Frederick, Arthur

Names related to Ferris

Farris, Feras

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, “Ferris: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ferris, updated 20 October 2026.