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
- Peak · boys
- 1908 · 16 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,991since 1897
Farris 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 | — | #7,194 | 11 | |
| 2024 | — | #7,257 | 11 | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | #8,255 | 9 |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | #6,147 | 14 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | #6,335 | 13 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | #7,034 | 11 |
| 2019 | — | #6,777 | 12 | |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 | #6,703 | 12 |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 | #5,788 | 15 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #6,053 | 14 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #7,066 | 11 |
| 2014 | — | #6,632 | 12 | |
| 2013 | — | #6,241 | 13 | |
| 2012 | — | #5,482 | 16 | |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | #5,200 | 17 |
| 2010 | — | #5,741 | 15 | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #5,102 | 18 |
| 2008 | — | #4,714 | 20 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,210 | 17 | |
| 2006 | — | #5,303 | 16 | |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #6,634 | 11 |
| 2004 | — | #5,007 | 16 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,426 | 18 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,643 | 8 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,721 | 22 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,423 | 24 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,162 | 17 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,873 | 13 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,351 | 21 | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #3,549 | 19 |
| 1995 | — | #4,508 | 13 | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #2,847 | 25 |
| 1993 | — | #4,227 | 14 | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #2,599 | 27 |
| 1991 | — | #3,224 | 19 | |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | #3,166 | 19 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #2,902 | 21 |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #2,765 | 20 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #3,201 | 15 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 | #3,805 | 11 |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #2,529 | 19 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 | #3,630 | 11 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | — | #2,779 | 16 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,098 | 14 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,157 | 23 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,669 | 16 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,791 | 15 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,329 | 19 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,637 | 15 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,549 | 15 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,857 | 12 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,622 | 8 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,146 | 10 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,847 | 23 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,046 | 17 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,576 | 11 | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | #1,573 | 24 |
| 1966 | — | #2,216 | 13 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,595 | 24 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,462 | 29 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,659 | 23 | |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #1,367 | 33 |
| 1961 | — | #1,602 | 25 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,434 | 31 | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #1,759 | 21 |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | #1,446 | 29 |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #1,487 | 28 |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | #1,335 | 33 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | #1,313 | 33 |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | #1,466 | 27 |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 | #1,304 | 33 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | #1,297 | 33 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 | #1,150 | 39 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | #1,538 | 23 |
| 1949 | — | #1,163 | 37 | |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | #1,160 | 38 |
| 1947 | — | #1,363 | 29 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,409 | 25 | |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #971 | 43 |
| 1944 | #2,946 | 10 | #1,120 | 35 |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | #1,018 | 43 |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 | #1,421 | 24 |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | #1,187 | 31 |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #994 | 42 |
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 | #1,052 | 37 |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 | #1,171 | 31 |
| 1937 | #2,940 | 9 | #896 | 48 |
| 1936 | #3,103 | 8 | #1,010 | 39 |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 | #1,057 | 37 |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | #1,241 | 29 |
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 | #961 | 43 |
| 1932 | #3,047 | 9 | #868 | 54 |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | #1,050 | 41 |
| 1930 | #2,306 | 14 | #892 | 55 |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 | #1,272 | 31 |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 | #1,188 | 36 |
| 1927 | #2,859 | 11 | #1,060 | 44 |
| 1926 | #2,165 | 17 | #902 | 55 |
| 1925 | #2,489 | 14 | #1,164 | 37 |
| 1924 | #2,409 | 15 | #984 | 51 |
| 1923 | #2,917 | 11 | #913 | 56 |
| 1922 | #2,780 | 12 | #1,084 | 42 |
| 1921 | #2,941 | 11 | #981 | 51 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #940 | 54 |
| 1919 | #2,640 | 12 | #959 | 49 |
| 1918 | #2,376 | 14 | #1,152 | 36 |
| 1917 | #2,693 | 11 | #1,132 | 35 |
| 1916 | #3,258 | 8 | #998 | 41 |
| 1915 | #3,134 | 8 | #952 | 43 |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 | #1,054 | 29 |
| 1913 | — | #1,049 | 23 | |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | #1,223 | 15 |
| 1911 | — | #896 | 14 | |
| 1910 | — | #822 | 14 | |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | #1,083 | 8 |
| 1908 | — | #657 | 16 | |
| 1907 | — | #866 | 10 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,004 | 7 | |
| 1905 | — | #836 | 9 | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #933 | 7 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #785 | 11 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #1,002 | 6 | |
| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
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- Alabama#345 · 1 in 3,243
- Missouri#384 · 1 in 5,075
- Georgia#411 · 1 in 4,640
Best ever in a state: #239 in Georgia, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #345 | 8 | 1 in 3,243 |
| Missouri | #384 | 6 | 1 in 5,075 |
| Georgia | #411 | 6 | 1 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
- 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)
- Debuted 1897
- Peaked 1908 at #657 (16 births)
- Births halved by 1909, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1919–1921
- 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%)
- 15.3% of all boys named Farris (457) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1986, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 11 | #1,002 (1898) | #1,030 |
| 1900s | 68 | #657 (1908) | #881 |
| 1910s | 299 | #822 (1910) | #1,024 |
| 1920s | 457 | #902 (1926) | #1,049 |
| 1930s | 414 | #868 (1932) | #1,020 |
| 1940s | 347 | #971 (1945) | #1,181 |
| 1950s | 299 | #1,150 (1951) | #1,410 |
| 1960s | 230 | #1,367 (1962) | #1,753 |
| 1970s | 156 | #1,847 (1970) | #2,660 |
| 1980s | 147 | #2,529 (1984) | #3,286 |
| 1990s | 187 | #2,599 (1992) | #3,651 |
| 2000s | 170 | #3,423 (2000) | #5,118 |
| 2010s | 137 | #5,200 (2011) | #6,168 |
| 2020s | 69 | #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
Top girls' names in 1924
Top boys' names in 1924
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).
- #2,308Yukie16
- #2,308Zeta16
- #2,308Zilpha16
- #2,409Farris15
- #2,409Abby15
- #2,409Adel15
- #2,409Aldora15
- #2,514Adair14
- #2,514Aileene14
- #2,514Almer14
Tied with 104 names at #2,409; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
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).