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 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 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.
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 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 270,144 of them was named Ferrell, which outranked 14.1% 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).
Tied with 756 names at #4,622; 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 30,025 of them was named Ferrell, which outranked 75.6% 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).
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- #985Ferrell46
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- #985Cloyd46
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Tied with 5 names at #985; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.