Ferne

Girl · recorded 1884–2020

  • 2020last recorded
  • 1916best year

Most popular in 1916.

Last recorded in 2020. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1884

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 83 recorded years as a table
Ferne, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188462
188545
188669
188748
188862
188962
189095
189192
1892113
1893136
1894126
1895103
1896139
1897158
1898147
1899120
1900170
1901150
1902106
1903176
1904131
1905151
1906135
1907154
1908162
1909147
1910171
1911143
1912176
1913171
1914190
1915216
1916237
1917188
1918194
1919188
1920169
1921157
1922132
1923145
1924116
1925104
192684
192786
192875
192960
193060
193146
193257
193350
193444
193544
193636
193750
193828
193924
194034
194127
194228
194325
194425
194524
194613
194716
194811
194912
19509
195112
195213
19539
19545
19559
19567
19577
19586
19595
19606
19614
19625
19634
19673
20173
20203

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ferne 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 2020
5
Rank in 2020
#15,088
How rare
1 in 323,309 girls
Since 1884
4,676

Ferne was last recorded in 2020. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1916, at 237 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Ferne doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

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