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
Showing
- 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
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | — | — | ||
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| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
| 1902 | — | #1,013 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1902
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.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- 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)
Rise & fade · boys
33 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1902
- Peaked 1935 at #589 (96 births)
- Births halved by 1946, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 38 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1929–1945
Share of babies · boys
1 in 10,847
- 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%)
Era · boys
The 1930s
- 17.7% of all boys named Farrell (771) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1995
- 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 1959
boys
#964
64 births · 1 in 33,352 boys
Top boys' names in 1959
More about 1959
boys
2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 33,352 of them was named Farrell, which outranked 78.9% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).