Fergus

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Fergus: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Fergus: Recorded every year since 1964, its highest recorded position is #66, and it stood at #829 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
104times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#66highest recorded position
18groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Fergus's record

Ranked every year since 1964, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#243
1997	#244
1998	#274
1999	#283
2000	#303
2001	#279
2002	#309
2003	#291
2004	#367
2005	#349
2006	#315
2007	#319
2008	#412
2009	#451
2010	#491
2011	#696
2012	#478
2013	#469
2014	#544
2015	#577
2016	#550
2017	#537
2018	#584
2019	#541
2020	#706
2021	#577
2022	#480
2023	#536
2024	#434

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 56 of the 62 years from 1964 to 2025.

In 2024: #104 among boys in Scotland, #434 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1964–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #66 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1964–2025
Highest recorded position: #66 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1964 (recorded 1964–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Fergus appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 56 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 1,794 births with the name.

Fergus across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Fergus's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#66 (1964)	#66 (1964)	#829 (2025)	56 of 62	1,794 (1964–2025)	99 (1973)
England and Wales · Boys	#243 (1996)	#243 (1996)	#434 (2024)	29 of 29	2,429 (1996–2024)	122 (1997)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#227 (1997)	#199 (1999)	#348 (2023)	18 of 27	76 (1997–2023)	7 (1999)

Where the highest position is not the biggest year

Inside a single year a registrar's ranking is its birth counts put in order, so the top of a list is always the name given to the most babies that year. Across years the two separate, because the number of births and the number of names sharing them both change.

In Republic of Ireland · Boys the name reached its highest position, #66, in 1964, when 71 births were registered with it. More were registered in 1973 — 99 — in a year it ranked #77.

Fergus by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Fergus in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	432	6 of 10	72
1970sbusiest	763	10 of 10	76
1980s	336	10 of 10	34
1990s	148	10 of 10	15
2000s	60	10 of 10	6
2010s	44	7 of 10	6
2020s	11	3 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 76 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1979 and 1980, when recorded births fell by 28, from 76 to 48.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Fergus appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #66 in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

Fergus's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#434	93	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#536	72	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#480	83	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#577	66	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#706	47	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#541	70	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#584	63	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#537	72	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#550	70	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#577	64	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#544	67	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#469	82	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#478	80	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#696	46	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#491	72	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#451	81	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#412	90	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#319	118	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#315	111	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#349	90	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#367	79	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#291	100	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#309	88	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#279	98	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#303	90	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#283	96	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#274	99	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#244	122	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#243	120	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#348	4	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#326	5	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#421	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#403	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#311	4	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#249	7	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#282	4	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#305	3	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#229	5	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#281	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#207	6	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#244	4	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#199	7	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#240	4	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#227	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#660	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#657	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#610	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#615	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#534	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#548	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#407	9	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#301	14	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#604	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#527	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	8	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	7	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	6	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#273	7	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#188	13	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#214	9	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#203	10	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#189	15	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#208	11	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#184	14	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#184	12	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#176	16	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#150	25	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#169	16	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#160	20	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#151	22	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#148	21	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#150	21	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#141	26	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#148	24	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#123	33	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#129	32	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#103	56	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#107	53	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#112	48	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#89	76	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#103	61	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#106	58	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#99	65	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#86	86	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#88	82	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#77	99	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#89	77	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#83	86	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#86	73	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#75	78	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#72	72	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#75	72	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#71	73	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#70	66	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#66	71	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#104	49	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1964 and 2025, ranked in 62 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #66, first reached in 1964.

It held a top-100 place in 14 years, 13 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 122 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 60 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Ferdinand · #167, 38y
Fergal · #46, 57y
Fern · #233, 32y
Fernando · #418, 55y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Katarzyna · #69, 60y
Sonya · #69, 60y
Angelica · #62, 57y
Magdalena · #71, 64y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Garrett · #66, 52y
Leonardo · #66, 40y
Cherie · #67, 38y
Agnieszka · #64, 47y

Fergus was ranked #66 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1964. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Fergus and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Fergus without appearing here.

Fergus moved ahead of

Mitchell Compare
In 2016 they stood at #550 and #546 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #537 and #761.
Ashley Compare
In 2021 they stood at #577 and #526 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #480 and #699.
Steven Compare
In 2020 they stood at #706 and #619 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #577 and #790.
Kristian Compare
In 2018 they stood at #584 and #535 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #541 and #740.

Moved ahead of Fergus

Jonas Compare
In 2024 they stood at #660 and #770 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #829 and #468.
Jan Compare
In 2005 they stood at #302 and #370 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2006 that had become #493 and #247.
Harrison Compare
In 2005 they stood at #302 and #343 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2006 that had become #493 and #257.
Braxton Compare
In 2011 they stood at #407 and #623 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #548 and #324.

Moved the opposite way to Fergus

Alexander Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Fergus went from #66 to #829 while Alexander went from #116 to #55.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Fergus went from #66 to #829 while Benjamin went from #139 to #83.
Conor Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Fergus went from #66 to #829 while Conor went from #56 to #16.
Liam Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Fergus went from #66 to #829 while Liam went from #54 to #7.

Moved the same way as Fergus

Alfred Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Fergus went from #66 to #829 and Alfred from #134 to #286.
Denis Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Fergus went from #66 to #829 and Denis from #21 to #232.
Edward Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Fergus went from #66 to #829 and Edward from #18 to #125.
Frank Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Fergus went from #66 to #829 and Frank from #164 to #286.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #66 in Republic of Ireland in 1964. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Fergus

Fergus at a glance

What stands out in Fergus's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Fergus across 3 official records

Where the highest position is not the biggest year

Fergus by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Fergus appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Fergus

Fergus and the names beside it

Fergus moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Fergus

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Moved the same way as Fergus

Fergus at a glance

What stands out in Fergus's record

Fergus across 3 official records

Where the highest position is not the biggest year

Fergus by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Fergus appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Fergus

Fergus and the names beside it

Fergus moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Fergus

Moved the opposite way to Fergus

Moved the same way as Fergus