Fergus

Boy · recorded 1916–2025

  • #5,045in 2025
  • 1 in 89,898boys in 2025
  • +2%last ten years

2024 was its biggest year ever, up 2% in ten years.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Fergus.

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Its story

Popularity since 1916

071419161943197119982025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 59 recorded years as a table
Fergus, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19168
191810
19196
19215
19254
19265
19275
19305
19335
19375
19463
19524
19534
19592
19623
19645
19653
19663
19675
19703
19713
19723
19733
19773
19783
19843
19883
19933
19943
19954
19964
19977
19984
19997
20008
20014
20023
20036
20045
20053
20063
20076
20086
20094
20116
20125
201311
20146
201511
201611
20179
20189
20198
20208
202113
20227
202313
202414
202511

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Fergus isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
19
Rank in 2025
#5,045
How rare
1 in 89,898 boys
Since 1916
568

Most popular in 2024, at 14 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 2% per million boys born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.