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How popular is “Fern” in the USA?

Number of people named “Fern” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Fern” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Fern” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Fern” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Fern” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Fern” by birth year

This chart shows how “Fern” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 10 0.000049632 10 100%
1881 10 0.000051897 10 100%
1882 26 0.000117364 26 100%
1883 19 0.000087579 19 100%
1884 45 0.000184835 40 5 78%
1885 44 0.000182683 44 100%
1886 42 0.000164502 36 6 71%
1887 69 0.00027891 69 100%
1888 77 0.000257117 77 100%
1889 108 0.000373772 103 5 91%
1890 119 0.000394823 119 100%
1891 124 0.000432549 124 100%
1892 172 0.000514394 172 100%
1893 194 0.000596514 189 5 95%
1894 204 0.000602321 197 7 93%
1895 184 0.000524187 184 100%
1896 218 0.000609818 218 100%
1897 245 0.000706139 237 8 93%
1898 265 0.000694708 265 100%
1899 232 0.000683894 232 100%
1900 266 0.000590772 266 100%
1901 217 0.000627509 217 100%
1902 244 0.000630926 238 6 95%
1903 287 0.000752886 276 11 92%
1904 281 0.000696432 281 100%
1905 278 0.000655781 273 5 96%
1906 282 0.000658185 277 5 96%
1907 276 0.000593051 276 100%
1908 364 0.000744911 364 100%
1909 353 0.0006905 345 8 95%
1910 401 0.000678843 394 7 97%
1911 442 0.000686039 435 7 97%
1912 620 0.000627491 613 7 98%
1913 708 0.000622631 697 11 97%
1914 835 0.000589546 821 14 97%
1915 1201 0.000655415 1175 26 96%
1916 1349 0.000697368 1332 17 97%
1917 1277 0.000636352 1261 16 97%
1918 1356 0.000624565 1341 15 98%
1919 1197 0.000567233 1181 16 97%
1920 1325 0.000585598 1304 21 97%
1921 1318 0.000564574 1297 21 97%
1922 1224 0.000534695 1207 17 97%
1923 1187 0.000515531 1169 18 97%
1924 1075 0.000451375 1059 16 97%
1925 991 0.00042472 976 15 97%
1926 920 0.000400713 912 8 98%
1927 863 0.000372086 845 18 96%
1928 819 0.000362239 806 13 97%
1929 692 0.00031567 679 13 96%
1930 641 0.000288312 633 8 98%
1931 583 0.00027704 571 12 96%
1932 509 0.000241085 503 6 98%
1933 522 0.000261072 507 15 94%
1934 470 0.000226308 462 8 97%
1935 436 0.000208622 429 7 97%
1936 403 0.000193976 395 8 96%
1937 376 0.00017647 366 10 95%
1938 383 0.000173102 377 6 97%
1939 327 0.000148404 327 100%
1940 333 0.000144614 328 5 97%
1941 306 0.000125594 301 5 97%
1942 318 0.000116406 311 7 96%
1943 300 0.000106287 300 100%
1944 281 0.000104458 281 100%
1945 268 0.000101021 260 8 94%
1946 284 0.00008888 284 100%
1947 255 0.000070788 255 100%
1948 245 0.000070963 245 100%
1949 243 0.000069732 238 5 96%
1950 236 0.000067364 228 8 93%
1951 250 0.000067866 250 100%
1952 231 0.000060821 226 5 96%
1953 264 0.000068507 256 8 94%
1954 237 0.000059537 237 100%
1955 216 0.000053797 216 100%
1956 232 0.000056269 232 100%
1957 187 0.000044501 187 100%
1958 177 0.000042817 177 100%
1959 204 0.000049062 204 100%
1960 183 0.000044056 183 100%
1961 164 0.000039592 164 100%
1962 94 0.000023294 94 100%
1963 114 0.000028801 109 5 91%
1964 105 0.000027009 105 100%
1965 84 0.00002317 84 100%
1966 71 0.000020428 71 100%
1967 70 0.000020619 70 100%
1968 56 0.000016576 56 100%
1969 49 0.000014099 49 100%
1970 72 0.000019964 67 5 86%
1971 41 0.000011945 41 100%
1972 31 0.000009863 31 100%
1973 33 0.000010938 33 100%
1974 25 0.000008224 25 100%
1975 22 0.000007286 22 100%
1976 16 0.000005273 16 100%
1977 20 0.000006296 20 100%
1978 16 0.000005041 16 100%
1979 28 0.000008416 28 100%
1980 17 0.000004935 17 100%
1981 28 0.000008094 28 100%
1982 31 0.000008837 31 100%
1983 17 0.000004909 17 100%
1984 21 0.000006019 21 100%
1985 13 0.000003642 13 100%
1986 5 0.000001406 5 100%
1987 8 0.000002219 8 100%
1988 19 0.000005142 19 100%
1989 15 0.000003902 15 100%
1990 9 0.000002277 9 100%
1991 9 0.00000231 9 100%
1992 5 0.000001302 5 100%
1993 8 0.000002122 8 100%
1994 13 0.000003497 13 100%
1995 13 0.00000355 13 100%
1996 6 0.000001645 6 100%
1997 11 0.000003034 11 100%
1998 10 0.000002719 10 100%
1999 13 0.000003519 13 100%
2000 18 0.000004762 18 100%
2001 9 0.000002404 9 100%
2002 11 0.000002943 11 100%
2003 13 0.000003419 13 100%
2004 19 0.000004973 19 100%
2005 18 0.000004682 18 100%
2006 16 0.000004044 16 100%
2007 10 0.000002501 10 100%
2008 27 0.000006869 27 100%
2009 26 0.000006806 26 100%
2010 33 0.000008929 33 100%
2011 34 0.000009295 34 100%
2012 45 0.000012304 45 100%
2013 46 0.000012618 46 100%
2014 65 0.000017537 65 100%
2015 86 0.000023238 86 100%
2016 87 0.000023714 87 100%
2017 86 0.000024048 86 100%
2018 127 0.000036122 127 100%
2019 108 0.000031116 108 100%
2020 135 0.000040412 135 100%
2021 141 0.000041618 141 100%
2022 153 0.000045224 148 5 93%
2023 156 0.000047113 156 100%
2024 200 0.000060087 184 16 84%

Explore other names

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