Ferris
Ferris is given to both girls and boys: 5 girls and 38 boys were given it in 2025 (#15,671 among girls’ names and #3,148 among boys’, #6,224 among all names counting both); 3,149 Americans have been recorded with it since 1893 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,760 Americans named Ferris and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (56% of everyone recorded); the median is 26 years old and half are between 10 and 57.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Ferris by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Ferris?
#3,148 among boys’ names, 2025
Ferris fell from #2,694 in 2015 to #3,148 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 23.5 to 22.2 per million.
67 babies in 2024, the peak
Ferris peaked in 2024, when 67 babies were given it (57 boys, #2,430 among boys’ names). The 43 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 64% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #3,148 | 22.2 |
| 2024 | 57 | #2,430 | 33.1 |
| 2023 | 41 | #3,020 | 24.0 |
| 2022 | 50 | #2,653 | 28.6 |
| 2021 | 42 | #2,931 | 24.0 |
| 2020 | 35 | #3,223 | 20.3 |
| 2019 | 29 | #3,743 | 16.2 |
| 2018 | 30 | #3,633 | 16.5 |
| 2017 | 46 | #2,690 | 24.9 |
| 2016 | 48 | #2,596 | 25.3 |
Every recorded year (126)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 45 | #2,694 | 23.5 |
| 2014 | 42 | #2,822 | 21.9 |
| 2013 | 34 | #3,211 | 18.0 |
| 2012 | 29 | #3,640 | 15.3 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,552 | 11.1 |
| 2010 | 22 | #4,406 | 11.5 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,076 | 12.6 |
| 2008 | 26 | #3,967 | 12.7 |
| 2007 | 28 | #3,721 | 13.5 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,269 | 10.7 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,664 | 7.0 |
| 2004 | 10 | #7,146 | 5.0 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,665 | 8.6 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,209 | 7.2 |
| 2001 | 18 | #4,345 | 9.3 |
| 2000 | 11 | #6,038 | 5.6 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,185 | 5.2 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,068 | 8.9 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,746 | 6.9 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,722 | 9.5 |
| 1995 | 9 | #6,070 | 4.7 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,638 | 9.3 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,080 | 7.6 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,798 | 8.0 |
| 1991 | 14 | #4,068 | 6.9 |
| 1990 | 16 | #3,658 | 7.8 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,099 | 6.5 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,256 | 5.7 |
| 1987 | 16 | #3,104 | 8.6 |
| 1986 | 17 | #2,924 | 9.2 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,881 | 6.0 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,822 | 3.3 |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,474 | 6.7 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,208 | 3.9 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,683 | 6.1 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,637 | 4.5 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,178 | 5.2 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,476 | 6.7 |
| 1977 | 16 | #2,695 | 9.7 |
| 1976 | 14 | #2,868 | 8.9 |
| 1975 | 14 | #2,796 | 9.0 |
| 1974 | 16 | #2,494 | 10.2 |
| 1973 | 15 | #2,540 | 9.6 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,221 | 6.2 |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,756 | 4.5 |
| 1970 | 17 | #2,230 | 9.1 |
| 1969 | 16 | #2,166 | 8.9 |
| 1968 | 10 | #2,795 | 5.8 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,523 | 6.3 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,524 | 6.2 |
| 1965 | 13 | #2,301 | 7.0 |
| 1964 | 12 | #2,461 | 6.0 |
| 1963 | 10 | #2,735 | 4.9 |
| 1962 | 18 | #1,913 | 8.7 |
| 1961 | 19 | #1,901 | 8.9 |
| 1960 | 17 | #1,997 | 8.0 |
| 1959 | 17 | #2,000 | 8.0 |
| 1958 | 25 | #1,564 | 11.8 |
| 1957 | 23 | #1,689 | 10.7 |
| 1956 | 16 | #2,036 | 7.6 |
| 1955 | 33 | #1,319 | 16.0 |
| 1954 | 21 | #1,675 | 10.3 |
| 1953 | 30 | #1,387 | 15.2 |
| 1952 | 26 | #1,495 | 13.4 |
| 1951 | 25 | #1,497 | 13.3 |
| 1950 | 27 | #1,404 | 15.1 |
| 1949 | 28 | #1,392 | 15.8 |
| 1948 | 22 | #1,574 | 12.5 |
| 1947 | 39 | #1,165 | 21.3 |
| 1946 | 20 | #1,613 | 12.3 |
| 1945 | 22 | #1,423 | 16.3 |
| 1944 | 18 | #1,647 | 13.2 |
| 1943 | 32 | #1,226 | 22.4 |
| 1942 | 30 | #1,281 | 21.7 |
| 1941 | 21 | #1,501 | 17.1 |
| 1940 | 27 | #1,295 | 23.3 |
| 1939 | 31 | #1,176 | 28.0 |
| 1938 | 21 | #1,495 | 18.9 |
| 1937 | 16 | #1,783 | 15.0 |
| 1936 | 15 | #1,834 | 14.5 |
| 1935 | 27 | #1,304 | 25.9 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,055 | 12.6 |
| 1933 | 23 | #1,422 | 23.2 |
| 1932 | 28 | #1,300 | 26.8 |
| 1931 | 32 | #1,222 | 30.8 |
| 1930 | 29 | #1,348 | 26.4 |
| 1929 | 34 | #1,202 | 31.6 |
| 1928 | 28 | #1,397 | 25.3 |
| 1927 | 44 | #1,064 | 39.0 |
| 1926 | 46 | #1,021 | 41.4 |
| 1925 | 44 | #1,048 | 39.4 |
| 1924 | 45 | #1,062 | 39.7 |
| 1923 | 45 | #1,064 | 41.1 |
| 1922 | 53 | #964 | 48.7 |
| 1921 | 45 | #1,051 | 40.9 |
| 1920 | 38 | #1,167 | 35.7 |
| 1919 | 36 | #1,170 | 36.7 |
| 1918 | 42 | #1,042 | 41.4 |
| 1917 | 39 | #1,067 | 42.1 |
| 1916 | 35 | #1,103 | 39.3 |
| 1915 | 42 | #968 | 49.5 |
| 1914 | 29 | #1,062 | 44.3 |
| 1913 | 31 | #884 | 60.5 |
| 1912 | 16 | #1,199 | 37.2 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,139 | 44.3 |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,473 | 30.9 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,049 | 51.8 |
| 1907 | 9 | #950 | 61.3 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,143 | 45.3 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,002 | 54.6 |
| 1902 | 10 | #764 | 81.5 |
| 1900 | 9 | #930 | 59.8 |
| 1896 | 7 | #926 | 58.5 |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,013 | 51.1 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,139 | 43.2 |
| 1893 | 6 | #945 | 53.4 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Ferris a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 3,149 Americans recorded as Ferris, 10% are girls and 90% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Ferris: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Ferris, and how old are they?
1,760 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 56% of the 3,149 Americans ever recorded as Ferris. The median Ferris alive today is 26 years old; half are between 10 and 57.
The 2020 Census counted 1,751 people named Ferris (301 women and girls, 1,450 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,606 born in the U.S. The Census count is 9% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 90 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 302 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 181 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 268 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 304 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 617 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Ferris born?
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 6 | #1,029 | 1.1× |
| California | 6 | #2,287 | 0.3× |
Where Ferris is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Ferris is most over-represented in Michigan: since 1910 it was given 1.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Ferris with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 3,636 babies since 1880, Ferris is the most given (87% of them). In 2025 it was given to 43 of their 50 babies (86%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Ferris
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Ferris and names like it
- Compare Ferris and FerasBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sFerris peaked in 2024.
- Michigan’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Ferris since 1910.
- The top names of 2024The year the most babies were named Ferris.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Ferris alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with FMost given first.