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Ferris

#3,148 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Iron

Ferris has been given to 3,149 babies in the U.S. since 1893. In 2025 it ranked #3,148 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2024, with 57 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 90% boys, 10% girls all-time.

Babies named Ferris, 2025

1 in 87,200

Ferris over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Ferris over time

In 2025, Ferris went to 12% girls and 88% boys.

18932025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Ferris: meaning, origin, and history

Iron

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ferris means

Ferris means “iron”, associated with fer.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

English surname, from Norman Ferrers, from the toponymic Ferrières, from French fer (“iron”).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Ferris (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Ferris is used in English.

Ferris comes through nrf Ferrers and French fer.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,837 boys were recorded with the name Ferris between 1893 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 57 in 2024; its best national rank was #764 in 1902.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #3,223 in 2020 to #3,148 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,694 in 2015 to #3,148 in 2025.

In the United States, 312 girls were recorded with the name Ferris between 1913 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 16 in 1981; its best national rank was #2,773 in 1915.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #14,012 in 2020 to #15,671 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #11,203 in 2015 to #15,671 in 2025.

How common is Ferris?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 87,200
38 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 44,900
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,148
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
60,472 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ferris 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 60,472 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ferris. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ferriss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ferris was born before 1955 — so the typical Ferris is around 70 today.

Median birth year
1955
About 70 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
14.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
27.6%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,562
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1920s — 14.9% of all recorded uses (422).

Is Ferris 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
−718
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+75
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−454
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.84×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
66.7%
Peak was 2024 (57)
Years since peak
1
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
19.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#764
1902

Spellings of Ferris

Ferris is not the most common spelling — Morris is, with 50.3% against Ferris's 2.0%.

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.

Where Ferris is used

Across 1910–2025, Ferris was most concentrated in Michigan — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 277,417 across all states with data. It was least common in Utah (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Michigan1 in 50,000
  2. 2California1 in —
  3. 3Florida1 in —
  4. 4Illinois1 in —
  5. 5Mississippi1 in —
  6. 6New York1 in —
  7. 7Ohio1 in —
  8. 8Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Ferris has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Ferris around the world

Where Ferris ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2000–2025
    #4,275
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2008–2024
    #3,231
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Ferris

People whose public names include Ferris, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Ferris by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,148
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 75
Best rank ever
#764
1902
Peak year
2024
57 that year
First recorded
1893
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,837
Count in 2025
38

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#15,671
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,659
Best rank ever
#2,773
1915
Peak year
1981
16 that year
First recorded
1913
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
312
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Ferris

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

FerminFermanFarrisOsirisDarrisFergusParrisTavarisFarisFerrellHarisJavarisBorisFerasIdrisAmarisFernandArisDarisCrisDemetrisFerranNorrisHarris

Names with a curve like Ferris

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Ferris, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

FultonLawtonWellingtonDempseyArleyCrawfordGoldenMerrittFentonConleyOrinTillman

Sibling names for Ferris

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

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