Fermin vs Ferris
American parents have registered 4,832 Fermins since 1880, against 3,149 Ferrises. But in 2025 it was Ferris that was commoner, 43 babies to 28.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Fermin Ferris
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 126 years in which either name was published, Fermin for 76 years and Ferris for 50 years. The lead changed hands 14 times.
- 1893–1933 Ferris ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1936–1938 Fermin ahead
- 1939–1941 Ferris ahead
- 1944–2012 Fermin ahead, apart from one short spell
- 2013–2025 Ferris ahead, apart from one short spell
7 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Fermin | Ferris | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 4,832 | 3,149 |
| Most in one year | 86 | 67 |
| Babies in 2025 | 28 | 43 |
| Estimated living today | 3,700 | 1,800 |
| Median age today | 34 | 26 |
| Peak year | 1993 | 2024 |
| Best rank | 1,216th boys | 2,418th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 3,848th | 3,128th |
| First recorded | 1910 | 1893 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 4,832 | 312 / 2,837 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Fermins alive today are over 34; half the Ferrises are over 26. That is 8 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Fermin New Mexico (10.6×), Texas (6.0×), California (3.9×)
- Ferris Michigan (11.6×), California (2.5×), Texas (1.2×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Fermin and Ferris.