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How popular is the name Fearne?
Births per year, rank history and how many Fearnes are alive today.
Fearne (female) is an uncommon spelling of the girls' name Fern in England and Wales, ranked 719th in 2025 with 51 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2016, when 143 babies were given the name, the 341st most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 1056 in 2023 before climbing back to the 719th place it holds today. Numbers have been falling in recent years.
Across all spellings of the name, the Fern you are most likely to meet is around 6 years old - or else around 31: the name has two living generations. Half of all Ferns born in England and Wales are between 7 and 28, and there are at least 6,600 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 2.1% chance that at least one of them will be called Fern.
How many babies are named Fearne each year?
Includes all spellings: Fearne, Fearn, Fern, Ferne. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Fearne spelling rank?
Where does the Fearn spelling rank?
Where does the Fern spelling rank?
Where does the Ferne spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Fearne most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Fern, peaked in 2016, when 281 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Fearne spelling itself peaked in 2016, with 143 babies.
How many people are called Fearne?
At least 6,600 people named Fearne in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Fearne?
Most living Fearnes are between 7 and 28; the most common age is about 6. There is a second cluster around 31.
Is Fearne becoming more or less popular?
Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.