UK girl's name
Fearn
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2024. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Fearn is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Fearn popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #4843, with 4 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 1999, with 7 births.
This profile covers 75 England and Wales registrations across 18 recorded years from 1996 to 2024. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 57% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 88 living people in the UK are called Fearn. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2025 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Fearn ranked #4843 for girls in England and Wales in 2024, with 4 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 1999, when 7 girls were registered as Fearn.
- • Fearn ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #749 in 2023.
- • About 88 living people in the UK are estimated to have Fearn as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#4843
2024
Births in 2024
4
Latest year
Peak year
1999
7 births
Estimated living
88
2026
Popularity
Fearn over time
The chart below shows babies named Fearn registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 to 2024. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Fearn, the clearest high point is 1999. The latest England and Wales figure is 4 births in 2024, compared with 7 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Fearn by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Fearn was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #5341 | 10 | 3 |
| 2010s | #4957 | 28 | 7 |
| 2000s | #3461 | 21 | 4 |
| 1990s | #3414 | 16 | 4 |
Geography
Where Fearn is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Fearn. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Fearn ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #749 in 2023.
Across the UK
Fearn in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#749 in 2023
4 years of NRS records, 13 total registered
Related
Names similar to Fearn
- Freya 50,564
- Florence 32,908
- Francesca 18,752
- Faith 14,325
- Fatima 11,112
- Faye 8,999
- Felicity 8,554
- Frankie 6,977
- Ffion 6,115
- Flora 3,499
- Frances 3,417
- Fatimah 3,065
FAQ
Fearn: questions and answers
How popular is the name Fearn in the UK right now?
In 2024, Fearn was ranked #4843 for girls in England and Wales, with 4 births registered.
When was Fearn most popular?
The peak year on record was 1999, with 7 babies registered as Fearn in England and Wales.
How many people are called Fearn in the UK?
A total of 75 babies have been registered as Fearn across the 18 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 13 more in Scotland.
Where is Fearn most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Fearn ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #749 in 2023. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.