Fern
139
Babies in 2024
+72%
10-year change
1996
Peak · 170
+7%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Fern
Fern peaked among UK girls' names in the late 1990s (170 babies in 1996) and has remained in active use — 139 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Fern reached its peak in 1996, when 170 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #233 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 139 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 2,925 girls have been officially registered with the name Fern in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 1,210 girls were registered with the name, starting from 81 in 2014 and ending at 139 in 2024.