Meaning and history
Fern is a given name derived from the English word for the plant, ultimately from Old English fearn, and has been used as a personal name since the late 19th century.
20062006: 16 births, rank #7,482
2007: 10 births, rank #10,818
2008: 27 births, rank #5,279
2009: 26 births, rank #5,378
2010: 33 births, rank #4,397
20112011: 34 births, rank #4,244
2012: 45 births, rank #3,523
2013: 46 births, rank #3,404
2014: 65 births, rank #2,683
2015: 86 births, rank #2,194
20162016: 87 births, rank #2,206
2017: 86 births, rank #2,200
2018: 127 births, rank #1,656
2019: 108 births, rank #1,864
2020: 135 births, rank #1,559
20212021: 141 births, rank #1,498
2022: 148 births, rank #1,478
2023: 157 births, rank #1,421
2024: 186 births, rank #1,250
20252025: 186 births, rank #1,219
Fern moved from #758 to #822 for girls between 1960 and 1961. Its highest annual birth count came in 1918, with 1,341 births.