Fergus — #4431 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Fergus

The Social Security Administration has registered 547 babies named Fergus between 1916 and 2024, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Fergus currently holds the #4431 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Fergus performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 142 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Fergus shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Fergus in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Fergus in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 547 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.