UK girl's name
Fearne
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.
Fearne is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Fearne popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #855, with 43 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2016, with 143 births.
This profile covers 1,506 England and Wales registrations across 24 recorded years from 1999 to 2024. The figures come from ONS England and Wales, NRS Scotland and NISRA Northern Ireland, 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 30% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 1,735 living people in the UK are called Fearne. 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
- • Fearne ranked #855 for girls in England and Wales in 2024, with 43 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2016, when 143 girls were registered as Fearne.
- • Fearne ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #295 in 2024.
- • About 1,735 living people in the UK are estimated to have Fearne as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#855
2024
Births in 2024
43
Latest year
Peak year
2016
143 births
Estimated living
1,735
2026
Popularity
Fearne over time
The chart below shows babies named Fearne registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1999 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 Fearne, the clearest high point is 2016. The latest England and Wales figure is 43 births in 2024, compared with 143 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Fearne by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Fearne 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 | #739 | 274 | 5 |
| 2010s | #483 | 940 | 10 |
| 2000s | #1276 | 289 | 8 |
| 1990s | #3900 | 3 | 1 |
Geography
Where Fearne is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Fearne. 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.
Fearne ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #295 in 2024.
Across the UK
Fearne in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#295 in 2024
21 years of NRS records, 234 total registered
Northern Ireland (NISRA)
#446 in 2021
1 years of NISRA records, 3 total registered
Related
Names similar to Fearne
- 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
Fearne: questions and answers
How popular is the name Fearne in the UK right now?
In 2024, Fearne was ranked #855 for girls in England and Wales, with 43 births registered.
When was Fearne most popular?
The peak year on record was 2016, with 143 babies registered as Fearne in England and Wales.
How many people are called Fearne in the UK?
A total of 1,506 babies have been registered as Fearne across the 24 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 234 more in Scotland and 3 in Northern Ireland.
Where is Fearne most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Fearne ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #295 in 2024. 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.