Girls' name · since 1908
Ferna
Ferna has 44 recorded births since 1908 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1918 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #36,410 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 44
- born since 1908
- 1930s
- peak decade
Ferna sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 44 recorded since 1908.
Ferna has 44 recorded births among girls since 1908, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1908 to 1950.
- #36,410 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 44 born since 1908
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ferna ranks #36,410 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 44 born since 1908, peaking in the 1930s.
- #36,410 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 44
- born since 1908
- 1930s
- peak decade
Ferna's 44 recorded births place it above 49.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ferna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ferna splits its recorded history at 1935: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1908 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1918 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ferna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1908–1950
- Peak year (1918)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Ferna by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (14 births, 32% of the file).
1930s was Ferna's strongest decade.
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Ferna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
9 births
- 1920s
1920s
9 births
- 1930s
1930s
14 births
- 1950s
1950s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 14 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Ferna's usage has stayed within range of its 1930s decade-level peak (14 total births) through the 1950s (7) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ferna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~42 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, 1908–1950 (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 Ferna 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.