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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| 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 1935
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Arkansas#371 · 1 in 3,670
- Alabama#375 · 1 in 3,930
Best ever in a state: #346 in Georgia, 1940.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #371 | 5 | 1 in 3,670 |
| Alabama | #375 | 7 | 1 in 3,930 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
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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 1935
Top girls' names in 1935
Top boys' names in 1935
More about 1935
girls
1,048,577 girls got a published name in 1935; 1 in 116,509 of them was named Ferrell, which outranked 40.2% of the 4,893 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,731Vonceil10
- #2,731Willye10
- #2,731Zelphia10
- #2,926Ferrell9
- #2,926Aldean9
- #2,926Alena9
- #2,926Algia9
- #3,156Ader8
- #3,156Aileene8
- #3,156Akiko8
Tied with 229 names at #2,926; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 2,736Norita#3,449 → #713
- ↑ 1,073Shelby#1,913 → #840
- ↑ 672Darla#1,344 → #672
- ↑ 396Shirleyann#1,292 → #896
- ↑ 375Loris#1,236 → #861
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,041,351 boys got a published name in 1935; 1 in 21,695 of them was named Ferrell, which outranked 77.9% of the 4,146 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).