Ferron — boys' name
101 babies named Ferron in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
25% of everyone ever named Ferron was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Ferron in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ferron
The Social Security Administration has registered 101 babies named Ferron between 1919 and 2009, spanning 91 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ferron currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 10 babies received it in a single year. Ferron is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 12 additional births since 1986.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ferron performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 25 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Ferron shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ferron 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 101 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.
Ferron at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ferron popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1919
- Peak year (1990)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 91 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
101 total births across 91 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 10 births in a single year.
Ferron popularity over time — girls
12 total births recorded since 1986 (Ferron as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Ferron accounts for 11% of total recorded use across both genders.
Ferron by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 25 births that decade — 25% of Ferron's all-time total
Ferron decade highlights
- Peak decade 25 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Ferron's strongest decade
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1919–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.