Fearne

Fearne was the #719 girls' name in England & Wales in 2025 (51 babies).

Fearne as a girl’s name

  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
Fearne as a girl’s name, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1964–2025, for England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.52197019801990200020102020ScotlandEngland & Wales
Fearne as a girl’s name, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1964–2025, for England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.52198020002020
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIreland
2025#719 (51)#474 (6)——
2024#855 (43)#295 (12)—#898 (3)
2023#1,056 (32)#365 (9)——
2022#683 (54)#200 (21)——
2021#555 (72)#286 (13)#446 (3)—
2020#545 (73)#341 (10)—#834 (3)
2019#475 (87)#286 (13)——
2018#507 (84)#220 (19)—#896 (3)
2017#442 (99)#275 (14)——
2016#341 (143)#240 (17)——
2015#372 (121)#236 (17)——
2014#370 (121)#246 (18)——
2013#492 (86)#413 (8)——
2012#600 (70)#351 (11)——
2011#658 (60)#317 (12)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in England & Wales in 2016 at #341.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in England & Wales in 1999.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,000 baby girls in the published England & Wales list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Fearne is likely to keep falling in England & Wales in 2026: about 1 in 6,700 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,800 to 1 in 12,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.