The baby name Fern appears in baby name data for the United States from 1910 to 2024. It was most popular in 1918 with 1,878 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Fern has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1910 | 508 |
| 1911 | 585 |
| 1912 | 790 |
| 1913 | 931 |
| 1914 | 1,122 |
| 1915 | 1,604 |
| 1916 | 1,865 |
| 1917 | 1,706 |
| 1918 | 1,878 |
| 1919 | 1,557 |
| 1919 | 5 |
| 1920 | 1,751 |
| 1921 | 1,714 |
| 1921 | 7 |
| 1922 | 1,507 |
| 1923 | 1,539 |
| 1924 | 1,450 |
| 1925 | 1,301 |
| 1926 | 1,236 |
| 1927 | 1,192 |
| 1928 | 1,126 |
| 1929 | 947 |
| 1930 | 807 |
| 1931 | 723 |
| 1932 | 637 |
| 1933 | 626 |
| 1934 | 533 |
| 1935 | 521 |
| 1936 | 433 |
| 1937 | 378 |
| 1938 | 404 |
| 1939 | 345 |
| 1940 | 308 |
| 1941 | 302 |
| 1942 | 321 |
| 1943 | 330 |
| 1944 | 283 |
| 1945 | 203 |
| 1946 | 246 |
| 1947 | 235 |
| 1948 | 243 |
| 1949 | 234 |
| 1950 | 183 |
| 1951 | 249 |
| 1952 | 181 |
| 1953 | 223 |
| 1954 | 186 |
| 1955 | 160 |
| 1956 | 190 |
| 1957 | 193 |
| 1958 | 179 |
| 1959 | 221 |
| 1960 | 145 |
| 1961 | 138 |
| 1962 | 27 |
| 1963 | 66 |
| 1964 | 54 |
| 1965 | 39 |
| 1966 | 22 |
| 1967 | 23 |
| 1968 | 17 |
| 1969 | 18 |
| 1970 | 11 |
| 1971 | 15 |
| 1972 | 7 |
| 1973 | 10 |
| 2010 | 5 |
| 2014 | 15 |
| 2015 | 39 |
| 2016 | 14 |
| 2017 | 23 |
| 2018 | 65 |
| 2019 | 49 |
| 2020 | 76 |
| 2021 | 72 |
| 2022 | 86 |
| 2023 | 91 |
| 2024 | 139 |