Farley
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #12,161 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #7,765
Given to boys 98.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1884 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,080since 1884
Farley over time
Rank among boys' names. Farley has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | #7,765 | 10 |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #10,863 | 6 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #12,022 | 5 | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | #12,287 | 5 | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
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| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | #7,271 | 6 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,167 | 13 | |
| 1989 | — | #5,615 | 8 | |
| 1988 | — | #6,426 | 6 | |
| 1987 | — | #6,089 | 6 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,853 | 8 | |
| 1985 | — | #5,785 | 6 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,215 | 9 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,907 | 7 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,482 | 12 | |
| 1981 | — | #5,468 | 6 | |
| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,357 | 12 | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | — | #3,606 | 10 | |
| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,941 | 8 | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | — | #4,054 | 7 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,991 | 11 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,813 | 12 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,509 | 14 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,549 | 12 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,109 | 15 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,030 | 15 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,216 | 13 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,595 | 24 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,729 | 21 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,902 | 18 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,341 | 34 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,279 | 38 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,486 | 29 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,501 | 28 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,370 | 32 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,364 | 33 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,335 | 33 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,198 | 39 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,382 | 30 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,331 | 32 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,182 | 39 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,344 | 30 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,111 | 13 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,872 | 16 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,788 | 8 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,498 | 10 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,642 | 19 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,852 | 14 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,633 | 8 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,182 | 12 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,386 | 10 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,333 | 10 | |
| 1940 | — | #3,130 | 6 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,829 | 7 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,326 | 10 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,905 | 7 | |
| 1936 | — | #3,147 | 6 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,127 | 12 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,393 | 10 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,542 | 9 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,638 | 9 | |
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | #3,289 | 7 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,076 | 8 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,523 | 11 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,708 | 6 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,435 | 12 | |
| 1924 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | — | #3,467 | 7 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,801 | 10 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,632 | 11 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,231 | 14 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,165 | 14 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,188 | 13 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,389 | 11 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,829 | 8 | |
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | #2,821 | 5 | |
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| 1884 | — | #971 | 5 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Farley! It came in at #971, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1914, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Farley
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1884 at #971 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1884
- Highest: 1 in 22,888 boys born in 1884 were named Farley (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 172,289 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 28.6% of all boys named Farley (309) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #971 (1884) | #971 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 61 | #2,165 (1918) | #2,510 |
| 1920s | 85 | #2,231 (1920) | #2,937 |
| 1930s | 77 | #2,127 (1935) | #2,688 |
| 1940s | 113 | #1,642 (1946) | #2,332 |
| 1950s | 309 | #1,182 (1952) | #1,412 |
| 1960s | 219 | #1,279 (1961) | #1,824 |
| 1970s | 93 | #2,509 (1970) | #3,765 |
| 1980s | 73 | #3,482 (1982) | #5,309 |
| 1990s | 19 | #4,167 (1990) | #5,719 |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 5 | #12,287 (2011) | #12,287 |
| 2020s | 21 | #7,765 (2024) | #10,217 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Farley in 1884
Top boys' names in 1884
More about 1884
boys
114,441 boys got a published name in 1884; 1 in 22,888 of them was named Farley, which outranked 13.7% of the 1,125 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 41.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 154 names at #971; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.