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How popular is the name Fergus?
Births per year, rank history and how many Ferguses are alive today.
Fergus (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 396th in 2025 with 103 babies given the name. The name peaked in 1997, when 122 babies were given the name, the 244th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2007, with 118 babies given the name that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 706 in 2020 before climbing back to the 396th place it holds today. Numbers have been rising in recent years.
The Fergus you are most likely to meet is around 30 years old - or else around 2: the name has two living generations. Half of all Ferguses born in England and Wales are between 12 and 30, and there are at least 3,300 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 1.1% chance that at least one of them will be called Fergus.
How many babies are named Fergus each year?
Where does Fergus rank among boys' names?
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 Fergus most popular?
Fergus peaked in 1997, when 122 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Fergus?
At least 3,300 people named Fergus born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Fergus?
Most living Ferguses are between 12 and 30; the most common age is about 30. There is a second cluster around 2.
Is Fergus becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.