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 | — | — | ||
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| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
| 1902 | — | #1,013 | 6 | |
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| 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.
Where Farrell is popular in 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#455 · 1 in 5,157
- California#884 · 1 in 26,999
- Texas#903 · 1 in 19,934
Best ever in a state: #116 in Utah, 1931.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #455 | 8 | 1 in 5,157 |
| California | #884 | 7 | 1 in 26,999 |
| Texas | #903 | 6 | 1 in 19,934 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
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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 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 1961
Top girls' names in 1961
Top boys' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 224,277 of them was named Farrell, which outranked 39.6% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,239Zanetta10
- #4,239Zenda10
- #4,239Zonia10
- #4,546Farrell9
- #4,546Aggie9
- #4,546Ailene9
- #4,546Albina9
- #4,882Adaline8
- #4,882Adrena8
- #4,882Adrien8
Tied with 335 names at #4,546; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 41,651 of them was named Farrell, which outranked 76.4% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,078Tammy52
- #1,078Trenton52
- #1,078Willy52
- #1,097Farrell51
- #1,097Brooke51
- #1,097Chaim51
- #1,097Deryl51
- #1,108Claudio50
- #1,108Dondi50
- #1,108Elston50
Tied with 10 names at #1,097; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.