Ferris

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · #3,128 for boys in 2025, 38 births
Given to boys 90.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
1902 · 10 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,837
since 1893

Ferris over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201915peak #2,688, 1915peak #744, 1902girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#14,9425#3,12838
2024#9,55610#2,41857
2023#12,1977#3,00541
2022#11,2318#2,64850
2021#9,56210#2,91842
2020#13,4536#3,20235
2019#3,71629
2018#10,5459#3,60730
2017#15,9025#2,67246
2016#10,8599#2,58748
2015#10,8669#2,68445
2014#2,80542
2013#14,5826#3,18934
2012#3,62529
2011#13,3477#4,50921
2010#4,36622
2009#4,03525
2008#17,5045#3,92126
2007#3,68728
2006#4,22322
2005#5,57814
2004#6,97610
2003#4,61617
2002#5,13114
2001#4,30218
2000#5,92011
1999#6,04210
1998#4,01917
1997#4,66813
1996#3,67818
1995#5,9289
1994#3,59618
1993#4,02015
1992#3,74816
1991#11,5096#4,00514
1990#3,60716
1989#4,01713
1988#10,3866#4,16211
1987#3,07216
1986#9,5456#2,89117
1985#6,03111#3,80511
1984#9,1446#5,5616
1983#6,7059#3,41112
1982#5,91111#5,0037
1981#4,53216#3,60111
1980#9,0956#4,4958
1979#4,0689
1978#3,40011
1977#2,66516
1976#2,82614
1975#2,75114
1974#2,45916
1973#2,51315
1972#3,15210
1971#3,6588
1970#2,21317
1969#2,13016
1968#2,73510
1967#2,47011
1966#2,46511
1965#2,27013
1964#2,40912
1963#2,67310
1962#1,89618
1961#1,87619
1960#1,97317
1959#6,2455#1,97417
1958#1,55725
1957#5,3776#1,67323
1956#2,01516
1955#5,2086#1,31333
1954#1,66821
1953#4,2268#1,37830
1952#1,48526
1951#1,48925
1950#4,7386#1,39527
1949#5,2445#1,38028
1948#1,55922
1947#1,15939
1946#1,60120
1945#1,40622
1944#4,5745#1,63018
1943#1,21432
1942#1,26830
1941#1,48521
1940#4,3495#1,28827
1939#1,16831
1938#1,47621
1937#1,75616
1936#1,80115
1935#1,29527
1934#2,02213
1933#1,40523
1932#1,28628
1931#4,3315#1,21732
1930#4,5505#1,33029
1929#1,19534
1928#4,7255#1,38228
1927#4,8055#1,06044
1926#3,8737#1,01846
1925#4,4266#1,04044
1924#3,14410#1,05845
1923#4,9675#1,05745
1922#95853
1921#3,6668#1,04545
1920#1,15738
1919#4,2516#1,15936
1918#1,03542
1917#4,5945#1,06239
1916#4,4175#1,09635
1915#2,68810#96242
1914#3,1886#1,05429
1913#3,1875#87131
1912#1,17416
1911#1,11710
1910#1,4216
1909
1908#1,0218
1907#9309
1906
1905#1,0916
1904#9667
1903
1902#74410
1901
1900#9029
1899
1898
1897
1896#9007
1895#9786
1894#1,0745
1893#9076
1892
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1893

The first year at least five boys were named Ferris! It came in at #907, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1897–1899, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Ferris
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 710 spots since 2024 (#2,418#3,128)
  • 74 spots since 2020 (#3,202#3,128)
  • 444 spots since 2015 (#2,684#3,128)
  • Biggest jump: 303 spots in 1913 (#1,174#871)
  • Biggest drop: 183 spots in 1914 (#871#1,054)
Rise & fade · boys
9 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1893
  • Peaked 1902 at #744 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1903, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 1895–1896
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,266
  • Highest: 1 in 12,266 boys born in 1902 were named Ferris (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 44,949 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 14.9% of all boys named Ferris (422) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1986
  • Mostly girls until 1985, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s24#900 (1896)#965
1900s49#744 (1902)#942
1910s286#871 (1913)#1,095
1920s422#958 (1922)#1,097
1930s235#1,168 (1939)#1,476
1940s259#1,159 (1947)#1,399
1950s243#1,313 (1955)#1,595
1960s137#1,876 (1961)#2,290
1970s130#2,213 (1970)#2,971
1980s112#2,891 (1986)#4,002
1990s146#3,596 (1994)#4,331
2000s185#3,687 (2007)#4,839
2010s346#2,587 (2016)#3,376
2020s263#2,418 (2024)#2,887

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Ferris in 1915

girls
#2,688
10 births · 1 in 98,385 girls
boys
#962
42 births · 1 in 20,204 boys

Top girls' names in 1915

  1. #1Mary58,187
  2. #2Helen30,866
  3. #3Dorothy25,154
  4. #4Margaret23,054
  5. #5Ruth21,878
  6. #6Mildred15,254
  7. #7Anna15,119
  8. #8Elizabeth14,103
  9. #9Frances12,786
  10. #10Evelyn11,595
  11. #2,688Ferris10

Top boys' names in 1915

  1. #1John47,576
  2. #2William38,563
  3. #3James33,773
  4. #4Robert28,737
  5. #5Joseph23,051
  6. #6George22,307
  7. #7Charles21,960
  8. #8Edward15,889
  9. #9Frank15,006
  10. #10Thomas11,490
  11. #962Ferris42
More about 1915

girls

983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 98,385 of them was named Ferris, which outranked 45.9% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ferris
  1. #2,526Yaeko11
  2. #2,526Yoshie11
  3. #2,526Zenia11
  4. #2,688Ferris10
  5. #2,688Adra10
  6. #2,688Agda10
  7. #2,688Aiko10
  8. #2,900Adalee9
  9. #2,900Ader9
  10. #2,900Adine9

Tied with 211 names at #2,688; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. 500Gerda#1,444#944
  2. 451Theda#1,034#583
  3. 441Dominga#1,385#944
  4. 354Vernon#1,344#990
  5. 308Loyce#1,147#839
Fallers
  1. 383Drusilla#956#1,339
  2. 342Rossie#798#1,140
  3. 335Arlie#855#1,190
  4. 329Orene#956#1,285
  5. 329Margot#988#1,317

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 20,204 of them was named Ferris, which outranked 78.1% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ferris
  1. #952Vincenzo43
  2. #952Weston43
  3. #952Zack43
  4. #962Ferris42
  5. #962Almon42
  6. #962Ansel42
  7. #962Bobbie42
  8. #980Bernhard41
  9. #980Burdette41
  10. #980Caesar41

Tied with 17 names at #962; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. 691Eston#1,687#996
  2. 565Estill#1,545#980
  3. 545Garth#1,260#715
  4. 474Hiroshi#1,342#868
  5. 439Domingo#1,101#662
Fallers
  1. 674Gilmore#986#1,660
  2. 667Barnett#933#1,600
  3. 526Rose#884#1,410
  4. 517Toivo#855#1,372
  5. 461Sampson#949#1,410

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1915