Is Ferris a boy or girl name?

Ferris is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 3,149 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 9.9% were girls and 90.1% were boys. It changed hands in 2007, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Ferris

Recorded 1893–2025 · United States

Ferris was most popular in 2024, when 67 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,626 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,196, with 43 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,149 people named Ferris.

Ferris over time

Births per year. The dot marks Ferris’s peak in 2024. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Ferris a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Ferris is mostly a boy’s name — 9.9% of the 3,149 Americans given it were girls and 90.1% were boys. It changed hands: since 2007 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 14% girls and 86% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Ferris

Where Ferris is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org