# Ferris (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ferris/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Norman |
| Meaning | “iron” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,149 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,837 / 312 (10% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 90, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 6 | 10,784 |
| 1991 | 6 | 11,990 |
| 2008 | 5 | 18,430 |
| 2011 | 7 | 13,831 |
| 2013 | 6 | 15,244 |
| 2015 | 9 | 11,208 |
| 2016 | 9 | 11,160 |
| 2017 | 5 | 16,683 |
| 2018 | 9 | 10,848 |
| 2020 | 6 | 14,017 |
| 2021 | 10 | 9,800 |
| 2022 | 8 | 11,554 |
| 2023 | 7 | 12,570 |
| 2024 | 10 | 9,789 |
| 2025 | 5 | 15,675 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 21 | 4,554 |
| 2012 | 29 | 3,643 |
| 2013 | 34 | 3,213 |
| 2014 | 42 | 2,824 |
| 2015 | 45 | 2,695 |
| 2016 | 48 | 2,597 |
| 2017 | 46 | 2,691 |
| 2018 | 30 | 3,637 |
| 2019 | 29 | 3,746 |
| 2020 | 35 | 3,225 |
| 2021 | 42 | 2,932 |
| 2022 | 50 | 2,654 |
| 2023 | 41 | 3,022 |
| 2024 | 57 | 2,430 |
| 2025 | 38 | 3,149 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | 3,332 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2,954 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2,707 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Ferris

- Ferris Taylor, American actor (1888-1961)
- David Ellison, American film producer (born 1983)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.