Popularity in England and Wales
Numbers
| Fern (feminine) | |||
| Year | Rank | Percent Used | |
| 2023 | #334 | 0.045 | |
| 2022 | #380 | 0.038 | |
| 2021 | #339 | 0.046 | |
| 2020 | #360 | 0.041 | |
| 2019 | #362 | 0.039 | |
| 2018 | #427 | 0.032 | |
| 2017 | #472 | 0.028 | |
| 2016 | #513 | 0.025 | |
| 2015 | #500 | 0.025 | |
| 2014 | #521 | 0.024 | |
| 2013 | #626 | 0.019 | |
| 2012 | #663 | 0.017 | |
| 2011 | #615 | 0.018 | |
| 2010 | #586 | 0.019 | |
| 2009 | #601 | 0.018 | |
| 2008 | #527 | 0.021 | |
| 2007 | #426 | 0.029 | |
| 2006 | #351 | 0.038 | |
| 2005 | #446 | 0.026 | |
| 2004 | #453 | 0.025 | |
| 2003 | #362 | 0.034 | |
| 2002 | #367 | 0.032 | |
| 2001 | #367 | 0.031 | |
| 2000 | #371 | 0.030 | |
| 1999 | #311 | 0.036 | |
| 1998 | #241 | 0.055 | |
| 1997 | #298 | 0.039 | |
| 1996 | #233 | 0.054 | |
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