Farris

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #13,462 · #7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
Given to boys 84.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1908 · 16 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,991
since 1897

Farris over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201924peak #1,763, 1909peak #657, 1908girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#7,19411
2024—#7,25711
2023#13,4626#8,2559
2022#15,3065#6,14714
2021#12,2067#6,33513
2020#15,0885#7,03411
2019—#6,77712
2018#12,4647#6,70312
2017#10,6899#5,78815
2016#14,3316#6,05314
2015#16,4195#7,06611
2014—#6,63212
2013—#6,24113
2012—#5,48216
2011#13,3477#5,20017
2010—#5,74115
2009#17,2945#5,10218
2008—#4,71420
2007—#5,21017
2006—#5,30316
2005#14,5026#6,63411
2004—#5,00716
2003—#4,42618
2002—#7,6438
2001—#3,72122
2000—#3,42324
1999—#4,16217
1998—#4,87313
1997—#3,35121
1996#13,5185#3,54919
1995—#4,50813
1994#13,4305#2,84725
1993—#4,22714
1992#13,3175#2,59927
1991—#3,22419
1990#11,4096#3,16619
1989#12,3625#2,90221
1988#11,7985#2,76520
1987#11,3255#3,20115
1986#6,61210#4,4579
1985#6,03111#3,80511
1984#10,4225#2,52919
1983#6,7059#3,63011
1982#9,2376#3,69211
1981—#2,77916
1980—#3,09814
1979—#2,15723
1978—#2,66916
1977—#2,79115
1976—#2,32919
1975—#2,63715
1974—#2,54915
1973—#2,85712
1972—#3,6228
1971—#3,14610
1970—#1,84723
1969—#2,04617
1968—#2,57611
1967#6,0426#1,57324
1966—#2,21613
1965—#1,59524
1964—#1,46229
1963—#1,65923
1962#5,8606#1,36733
1961—#1,60225
1960—#1,43431
1959#6,2455#1,75921
1958#5,4086#1,44629
1957#6,0865#1,48728
1956#4,8377#1,33533
1955#5,2086#1,31333
1954#5,1486#1,46627
1953#3,9559#1,30433
1952#4,1238#1,29733
1951#3,7149#1,15039
1950#4,7386#1,53823
1949—#1,16337
1948#3,5939#1,16038
1947—#1,36329
1946—#1,40925
1945#4,5565#97143
1944#2,94610#1,12035
1943#4,1966#1,01843
1942#3,4448#1,42124
1941#4,4205#1,18731
1940#4,3495#99442
1939#2,9229#1,05237
1938#2,9409#1,17131
1937#2,9409#89648
1936#3,1038#1,01039
1935#3,1568#1,05737
1934#3,8026#1,24129
1933#2,68810#96143
1932#3,0479#86854
1931#3,8486#1,05041
1930#2,30614#89255
1929#3,1379#1,27231
1928#3,4368#1,18836
1927#2,85911#1,06044
1926#2,16517#90255
1925#2,48914#1,16437
1924#2,40915#98451
1923#2,91711#91356
1922#2,78012#1,08442
1921#2,94111#98151
1920#3,9577#94054
1919#2,64012#95949
1918#2,37614#1,15236
1917#2,69311#1,13235
1916#3,2588#99841
1915#3,1348#95243
1914#2,8767#1,05429
1913—#1,04923
1912#2,9795#1,22315
1911—#89614
1910—#82214
1909#1,7637#1,0838
1908—#65716
1907—#86610
1906—#1,0047
1905—#8369
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1900—#78511
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1897—#1,0575
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First appearance
1897

The first year at least five boys were named Farris! It came in at #1,057, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1899, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Farris is popular in 1924

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedNEMissouri: #384 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,075 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedMSAlabama: #345 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,243 boysALGeorgia: #411 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,640 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Farris, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Alabama#345 · 1 in 3,243
  2. Missouri#384 · 1 in 5,075
  3. Georgia#411 · 1 in 4,640

Best ever in a state: #239 in Georgia, 1911.

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Alabama#34581 in 3,243
Missouri#38461 in 5,075
Georgia#41161 in 4,640
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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 Farris
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 63 spots since 2024 (#7,257 → #7,194)
  • 160 spots since 2020 (#7,034 → #7,194)
  • 128 spots since 2015 (#7,066 → #7,194)
  • Biggest jump: 380 spots in 1930 (#1,272 → #892)
  • Biggest drop: 438 spots in 1946 (#971 → #1,409)
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1897
  • Peaked 1908 at #657 (16 births)
  • Births halved by 1909, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 21 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1919–1921
Share of babies · boys
1 in 9,646
  • Highest: 1 in 9,646 boys born in 1908 were named Farris (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 155,280 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 15.3% of all boys named Farris (457) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1987
  • Mostly girls until 1986, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s11#1,002 (1898)#1,030
1900s68#657 (1908)#881
1910s299#822 (1910)#1,024
1920s457#902 (1926)#1,049
1930s414#868 (1932)#1,020
1940s347#971 (1945)#1,181
1950s299#1,150 (1951)#1,410
1960s230#1,367 (1962)#1,753
1970s156#1,847 (1970)#2,660
1980s147#2,529 (1984)#3,286
1990s187#2,599 (1992)#3,651
2000s170#3,423 (2000)#5,118
2010s137#5,200 (2011)#6,168
2020s69#6,147 (2022)#7,037

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.

Farris in 1924

girls
#2,409
15 births · 1 in 83,258 girls
boys
#984
51 births · 1 in 22,211 boys

Top girls' names in 1924

  1. #1Mary73,534
  2. #2Dorothy39,996
  3. #3Helen31,194
  4. #4Betty30,600
  5. #5Margaret26,547
  6. #6Ruth23,601
  7. #7Virginia18,620
  8. #8Mildred15,853
  9. #9Doris15,786
  10. #10Frances15,183
  11. #2,409Farris15

Top boys' names in 1924

  1. #1Robert60,802
  2. #2John59,052
  3. #3William53,506
  4. #4James52,942
  5. #5Charles30,460
  6. #6George27,373
  7. #7Joseph25,421
  8. #8Richard21,244
  9. #9Edward21,126
  10. #10Donald17,929
  11. #984Farris51
More about 1924

girls

1,248,872 girls got a published name in 1924; 1 in 83,258 of them was named Farris, which outranked 59.2% of the 5,900 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Farris
  1. #2,308Yukie16
  2. #2,308Zeta16
  3. #2,308Zilpha16
  4. #2,409Farris15
  5. #2,409Abby15
  6. #2,409Adel15
  7. #2,409Aldora15
  8. #2,514Adair14
  9. #2,514Aileene14
  10. #2,514Almer14

Tied with 104 names at #2,409; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1923
Risers
  1. ↑ 459Bettylou#1,327 → #868
  2. ↑ 374Doloris#1,350 → #976
  3. ↑ 332Gaynell#1,283 → #951
  4. ↑ 313Toby#1,305 → #992
  5. ↑ 262Letty#1,213 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 388Izola#966 → #1,354
  2. ↓ 305Fumiko#953 → #1,258
  3. ↓ 303Clemmie#941 → #1,244
  4. ↓ 276Cruz#793 → #1,069
  5. ↓ 271Eris#457 → #728

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,132,742 boys got a published name in 1924; 1 in 22,211 of them was named Farris, which outranked 80.2% of the 4,970 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Farris
  1. #980Jacques52
  2. #980Lindsay52
  3. #980Merwin52
  4. #984Farris51
  5. #984Dexter51
  6. #984Donn51
  7. #984Faustino51
  8. #993Alec50
  9. #993Art50
  10. #993Brice50

Tied with 8 names at #984; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1923
Risers
  1. ↑ 436Faustino#1,420 → #984
  2. ↑ 338Conway#1,275 → #937
  3. ↑ 310Coolidge#1,041 → #731
  4. ↑ 291Chas#1,235 → #944
  5. ↑ 287Leopoldo#1,194 → #907
Fallers
  1. ↓ 466Cliff#992 → #1,458
  2. ↓ 403Harding#860 → #1,263
  3. ↓ 367Dempsey#750 → #1,117
  4. ↓ 363Price#924 → #1,287
  5. ↓ 350Terrence#873 → #1,223

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1924 →