Fern

Girl name

Fern has been given to 38,195 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1918.

Meaning & origin /fɜːn/

From fern; in the case of the surname, it was given to someone who lived in a place where there was an abundance of these plants.

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

38,195

Peak year

1918 (1,356 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▲ +116%

Gender split

99% girls / 1% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Fern.

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