Quick answers about Ferne
How many people are named Ferne?
An estimated 265 living Americans are named Ferne.
How rare is Ferne?
Ferne fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Ferne?
The median age of a living American named Ferne is approximately 76 years, with most bearers falling between 69 and 83 years old.
Is Ferne still popular?
Not especially. Ferne has been declining since its 1916 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Ferne most common?
Ferne has its strongest geographic signal in Iowa, where it appears 6.5× more often than the national baseline.
1884Peak 19162025
Where it lives now
Ferne is most concentrated in Iowa — about 4.9× the national rate in the 1920s.
States where Ferne is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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