Fermon — boys' name

What the Data Says About Fermon

The Social Security Administration has registered 257 babies named Fermon between 1906 and 1962, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Fermon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1962. The name reached its historical peak in 1935, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Fermon performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 81 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Fermon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Fermon in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Fermon 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 257 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.