Fernie — boys' name

What the Data Says About Fernie

The Social Security Administration has registered 344 babies named Fernie between 1919 and 2001, spanning 83 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Fernie currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Fernie performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Fernie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 52 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Fernie in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Fernie 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 344 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.