Boys' name · since 1998
Fernan
Fernan has 25 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1998 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,209 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,135 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 25
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Fernan currently ranks #10135 among boys' names in America, with 25 babies recorded since 1998.
Fernan has 25 recorded births among boys since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10135 as of the latest data, more common than 27% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #27,209 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,135 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 25 born since 1998
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Fernan ranks #27,209 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,135 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 25 born since 1998, peaking in the 2020s.
- #27,209 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,135 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 25
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Fernan's 25 recorded births place it above 39.7% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Fernan compares
25 10th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Fernan's all-time total is 93% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Fernan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 25 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 34 | 22,252 |
Fernan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Fernan's full recorded timeline at 2023, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2023, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1998 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Fernan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (1998)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Fernan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (12 births, 48% of the file).
2020s was Fernan's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Fernan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
7 births
- 2010s
2010s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 12 births (48% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Fernan: 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 (~27 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, 1998–2025 (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 Fernan 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.