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How popular is the name Fen?
Births per year, rank history and how many Fens are alive today.
Fen (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Fenn in England and Wales, ranked 4275th in 2025 and given to 4 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2023, when 7 babies were given the name, the 2814th most popular that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Fenn you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old - or else around 21: the name has two living generations. Half of all Fenns born in England and Wales are between 7 and 22, and there are at least 340 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Fenn - on average, only one in every 892 such rooms contains a Fenn.
How many babies are named Fen each year?
Includes all spellings: Fen, Fenn. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Fen spelling rank?
Where does the Fenn 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 Fen most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Fenn, peaked in 2025, when 21 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Fen spelling itself peaked in 2023, with 7 babies.
How many people are called Fen?
At least 340 people named Fen in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Fen?
Most living Fens are between 7 and 22; the most common age is about 2. There is a second cluster around 21.
Is Fen becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.