Ferrell
Last seen for girls in 1962 at #6,578 · Last seen for boys in 2015 at #10,644
Given to boys 92.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1935 · 48 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,911since 1897
Ferrell 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 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | #10,644 | 6 | |
| 2014 | — | #10,717 | 6 | |
| 2013 | — | #9,655 | 7 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | #8,767 | 8 | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | #9,019 | 8 | |
| 2007 | — | #9,788 | 7 | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | #9,115 | 7 | |
| 2004 | — | #8,927 | 7 | |
| 2003 | — | #8,643 | 7 | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | #9,243 | 6 | |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | #9,631 | 5 | |
| 1997 | — | #9,265 | 5 | |
| 1996 | — | #9,015 | 5 | |
| 1995 | — | #8,868 | 5 | |
| 1994 | — | #8,800 | 5 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,771 | 9 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,660 | 9 | |
| 1991 | — | #6,519 | 7 | |
| 1990 | — | #7,178 | 6 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,811 | 10 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,786 | 9 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,573 | 9 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,457 | 9 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,805 | 11 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,701 | 11 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,499 | 8 | |
| 1982 | — | #5,619 | 6 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,961 | 7 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,495 | 8 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,777 | 16 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,614 | 10 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,386 | 11 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,724 | 9 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,902 | 13 | |
| 1974 | — | #4,634 | 6 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,405 | 16 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,659 | 13 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,558 | 14 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,739 | 12 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,977 | 18 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,311 | 13 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,906 | 17 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,540 | 25 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,720 | 21 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,040 | 16 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,957 | 17 | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #1,713 | 22 |
| 1961 | — | #1,686 | 23 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,619 | 25 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,665 | 23 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,677 | 22 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,887 | 18 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,532 | 26 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,483 | 27 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,496 | 26 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,331 | 32 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,461 | 27 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,171 | 38 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,941 | 15 | |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | #1,348 | 29 |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | #1,519 | 23 |
| 1947 | — | #1,190 | 37 | |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | #1,145 | 37 |
| 1945 | — | #1,378 | 23 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,212 | 30 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,120 | 37 | |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #985 | 46 |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | #1,066 | 37 |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | #1,183 | 32 |
| 1939 | — | #1,052 | 37 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,221 | 29 | |
| 1937 | — | #942 | 44 | |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | #1,142 | 33 |
| 1935 | #2,926 | 9 | #915 | 48 |
| 1934 | — | #982 | 42 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,230 | 29 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,175 | 33 | |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | #1,282 | 29 |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #1,283 | 31 |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | #1,339 | 28 |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #1,293 | 31 |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | #1,603 | 23 |
| 1926 | — | #1,379 | 28 | |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 | #1,583 | 23 |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | #1,492 | 26 |
| 1923 | #2,732 | 12 | #1,460 | 26 |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | #1,765 | 20 |
| 1921 | — | #1,252 | 34 | |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | #1,323 | 30 |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 | #1,695 | 20 |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | #1,539 | 23 |
| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 | #1,815 | 17 |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | #1,374 | 25 |
| 1915 | #2,900 | 9 | #1,181 | 30 |
| 1914 | — | #1,221 | 23 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,365 | 15 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,746 | 9 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
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| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Ferrell! It came in at #1,057, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1897–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Ferrell is popular in 1937
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Georgia#384 · 1 in 4,850
- Alabama#456 · 1 in 5,536
Best ever in a state: #346 in Georgia, 1940.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | #384 | 6 | 1 in 4,850 |
| Alabama | #456 | 5 | 1 in 5,536 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
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| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Ferrell
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2015
- Biggest jump: 248 spots in 1934 (#1,230 → #982)
- Biggest drop: 279 spots in 1938 (#942 → #1,221)
- Debuted 1897
- Peaked 1935 at #915 (48 births)
- Births halved by 1945, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1934–1935
- Highest: 1 in 21,695 boys born in 1935 were named Ferrell (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 319,457 boys born in 2015 (0.00%)
- 18.6% of all boys named Ferrell (355) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,057 (1897) | #1,057 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 167 | #1,181 (1915) | #1,520 |
| 1920s | 269 | #1,252 (1921) | #1,449 |
| 1930s | 355 | #915 (1935) | #1,122 |
| 1940s | 331 | #985 (1942) | #1,215 |
| 1950s | 254 | #1,171 (1951) | #1,564 |
| 1960s | 197 | #1,540 (1966) | #1,847 |
| 1970s | 120 | #2,405 (1973) | #3,140 |
| 1980s | 88 | #3,701 (1984) | #4,571 |
| 1990s | 56 | #5,660 (1992) | #7,856 |
| 2000s | 42 | #8,643 (2003) | #9,123 |
| 2010s | 27 | #8,767 (2011) | #9,946 |
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.
Ferrell in 1937
Top boys' names in 1937
More about 1937
boys
1,066,659 boys got a published name in 1937; 1 in 24,242 of them was named Ferrell, which outranked 76.6% of the 4,020 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #932Marilyn45
- #932Marty45
- #932Pearl45
- #942Ferrell44
- #942Carolyn44
- #942Courtney44
- #942Durward44
- #957Clarke43
- #957Darvin43
- #957Eliseo43
Tied with 14 names at #942; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.