Fernan

#10,013 in 2025Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Fernan has been given to 25 babies in the U.S. since 1998. In 2025 it ranked #10,013 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1998, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Fernan, 2025

1 in 474,000

Fernan over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Fernan: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Fernan means

Fernan is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Fernan is used in Cebuano.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 25 boys were recorded with the name Fernan between 1998 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1998; its best national rank was #7,841 in 1998.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Fernan?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 474,000; 7 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 244,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #10,013; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 328,272 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Fernan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Fernan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Fernans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Fernan was born before 2019 — so the typical Fernan is around 6 today.

Median birth year: 2019; About 6 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 48.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 72.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 25; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 48.0% of all recorded uses (12).

Is Fernan rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 1998 (7)
Years since peak: 27; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #7,841; 1998

Spellings of Fernan

Fernan is not the most common spelling — Vernon is, with 32.6% against Fernan's <0.01%.

Vernon32.6%146,413
Herman30.3%135,977
Fernando23.0%103,139
Keenan4.1%18,176
German2.3%10,290
Hernan1.2%5,230
Fermin1.1%4,832
Kenan1.0%4,645

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Fernan by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #10,013
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #7,841; 1998
Peak year: 1998; 7 that year
First recorded: 1998
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 25
Count in 2025: 7

Names similar to Fernan

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Ferdinan Ferrari Ferrin Rennan Kaanan Ferenc Roanan Ferrol Ferran Ferney Elhanan Ferando Ferdy Caynan Rohnan Shenan Feroz Caanan Rhonan Chanan Ferron Raanan Cianan Khenan

Sibling names for Fernan

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Cydney Reanna Sydnie Gabriel Breann Madisen Salena Alysa

For a brother

Jarod Samual Coty Brandan Garret Demarco Donavon Trever

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