Girls' name · since 1994
Fergie
Fergie has 151 recorded births since 1994 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,695 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,427 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 151
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
151 babies have been named Fergie since 1994, making it today's #10427 girls' name.
Fergie has 151 recorded births among girls since 1994, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10427 as of the latest data, more common than 40% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2025.
- #22,695 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,427 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 151 born since 1994
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Fergie ranks #22,695 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,427 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 151 born since 1994, peaking in the 2000s.
- #22,695 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,427 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 151
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Fergie's 151 recorded births place it above 68.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Fergie compares
151 32nd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Fergie's all-time total is 60% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Fergie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 151 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 28 | 21 | 19,840 |
Fergie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Fergie splits its recorded history at 2012: 30% of all births land in the more recent half, 70% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1994 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 28 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Fergie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Fergie by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (68 births, 45% of the file).
2000s was Fergie's strongest decade.
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Fergie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
68 births
- 2010s
2010s
57 births
- 2020s 21
2020s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 68 births (45% of all-time use).
Fergie by state
Where Fergie concentrates geographically, total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.3% |
5 of 151 births nationwide.
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What to do with Fergie's data
- Fergie's decade-level peak was the 2000s (68 total births); usage has since declined to 21 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Fergies (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Fergie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~31 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1994–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Fergie draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.