Farrell
Last seen for girls in 2014 at #16,513 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
Given to boys 90.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1935 · 96 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,355since 1902
Farrell over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | #12,349 | 5 | |
| 2023 | — | #10,821 | 6 | |
| 2022 | — | #8,990 | 8 | |
| 2021 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2020 | — | #9,554 | 7 | |
| 2019 | — | #12,145 | 5 | |
| 2018 | — | #6,345 | 13 | |
| 2017 | — | #9,696 | 7 | |
| 2016 | — | #7,605 | 10 | |
| 2015 | — | #7,066 | 11 | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #7,048 | 11 |
| 2013 | — | #9,655 | 7 | |
| 2012 | — | #6,626 | 12 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,433 | 16 | |
| 2010 | — | #6,698 | 12 | |
| 2009 | — | #6,802 | 12 | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #4,901 | 19 |
| 2007 | — | #5,434 | 16 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,223 | 22 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,815 | 24 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,007 | 16 | |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | #3,976 | 21 |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #5,725 | 12 |
| 2001 | — | #4,121 | 19 | |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #5,588 | 12 |
| 1999 | — | #6,530 | 9 | |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #6,843 | 8 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #3,455 | 20 |
| 1996 | — | #4,185 | 15 | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #5,501 | 10 |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #2,865 | 24 |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 | #4,114 | 14 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #2,915 | 22 |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | #4,673 | 11 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #2,784 | 22 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 | #3,079 | 17 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 | #2,333 | 24 |
| 1986 | — | #3,268 | 14 | |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 | #2,598 | 19 |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #2,956 | 15 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #2,140 | 24 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | #1,999 | 27 |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 | #2,086 | 25 |
| 1980 | — | #2,003 | 27 | |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | #1,633 | 35 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #1,834 | 28 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 | #1,645 | 33 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #1,748 | 29 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #1,505 | 35 |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #1,832 | 25 |
| 1973 | — | #1,435 | 35 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,262 | 43 | |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 | #1,199 | 47 |
| 1970 | — | #1,178 | 49 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,351 | 35 | |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | #1,147 | 43 |
| 1967 | — | #955 | 57 | |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | #1,007 | 52 |
| 1965 | — | #890 | 68 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,172 | 43 | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #886 | 71 |
| 1962 | — | #1,007 | 58 | |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 | #1,097 | 51 |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #1,083 | 51 |
| 1959 | — | #964 | 64 | |
| 1958 | — | #936 | 66 | |
| 1957 | — | #845 | 79 | |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | #770 | 92 |
| 1955 | — | #893 | 69 | |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | #842 | 74 |
| 1953 | — | #895 | 64 | |
| 1952 | — | #821 | 73 | |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | #867 | 65 |
| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 | #872 | 62 |
| 1949 | — | #885 | 60 | |
| 1948 | #2,589 | 15 | #902 | 58 |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #822 | 71 |
| 1946 | — | #1,045 | 43 | |
| 1945 | — | #916 | 49 | |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | #761 | 67 |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #828 | 63 |
| 1942 | #2,311 | 15 | #812 | 63 |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | #834 | 58 |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | #782 | 63 |
| 1939 | — | #754 | 64 | |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 | #799 | 60 |
| 1937 | #2,570 | 11 | #729 | 69 |
| 1936 | #2,689 | 10 | #675 | 77 |
| 1935 | — | #589 | 96 | |
| 1934 | #2,187 | 14 | #697 | 76 |
| 1933 | — | #637 | 82 | |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 | #632 | 89 |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | #659 | 82 |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 | #718 | 76 |
| 1929 | — | #983 | 47 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,041 | 44 | |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 | #990 | 50 |
| 1926 | — | #944 | 52 | |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | #973 | 49 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | #925 | 57 |
| 1923 | — | #1,057 | 45 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,084 | 42 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,045 | 45 | |
| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 | #1,234 | 34 |
| 1919 | #2,515 | 13 | #1,097 | 39 |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | #1,286 | 30 |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | #1,092 | 37 |
| 1916 | #2,833 | 10 | #1,176 | 31 |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | #1,141 | 32 |
| 1914 | — | #1,441 | 18 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,023 | 24 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,095 | 18 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,190 | 9 | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #877 | 10 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,094 | 7 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
| 1902 | — | #1,013 | 6 | |
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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Farrell! It came in at #1,013, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1903–1906, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Farrell
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 282 spots in 1965 (#1,172 → #890)
- Biggest drop: 286 spots in 1964 (#886 → #1,172)
- Debuted 1902
- Peaked 1935 at #589 (96 births)
- Births halved by 1946, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1929–1945
- Highest: 1 in 10,847 boys born in 1935 were named Farrell (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 344,578 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 17.7% of all boys named Farrell (771) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1994, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 28 | #877 (1908) | #1,029 |
| 1910s | 238 | #1,023 (1913) | #1,171 |
| 1920s | 465 | #925 (1924) | #1,028 |
| 1930s | 771 | #589 (1935) | #689 |
| 1940s | 595 | #761 (1944) | #859 |
| 1950s | 708 | #770 (1956) | #871 |
| 1960s | 529 | #886 (1963) | #1,060 |
| 1970s | 359 | #1,178 (1970) | #1,527 |
| 1980s | 214 | #1,999 (1982) | #2,525 |
| 1990s | 138 | #2,865 (1993) | #4,988 |
| 2000s | 173 | #3,815 (2005) | #4,959 |
| 2010s | 104 | #5,433 (2011) | #7,832 |
| 2020s | 33 | #8,990 (2022) | #10,286 |
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.
Farrell in 1942
Top girls' names in 1942
Top boys' names in 1942
More about 1942
girls
1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 90,048 of them was named Farrell, which outranked 57.0% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,214Venice16
- #2,214Verlyn16
- #2,214Wyona16
- #2,311Farrell15
- #2,311Aggie15
- #2,311Aleda15
- #2,311Annamay15
- #2,416Adline14
- #2,416Alona14
- #2,416Aneta14
Tied with 104 names at #2,311; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 21,923 of them was named Farrell, which outranked 79.9% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).