Feminine dossier · first seen 1884

Ferne

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Ferne
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1916

Peak era

1916

Peak rank proxy

247

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Greatest Generation

1884Peak 19162024

Peak year

1916

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

4,676

Ferne is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1916, when 247 girls were named Ferne.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 4,676 Americans have been named Ferne and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1884.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1916

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