Farmer — boys' name

What the Data Says About Farmer

The Social Security Administration has registered 139 babies named Farmer between 1913 and 1963, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Farmer currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1963. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Farmer performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 44 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Farmer shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Farmer in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Farmer in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 139 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.