Farrell
Farrell was last recorded in 2024, when 5 babies were given it; 4,827 Americans have been recorded with it between 1902 and 2024 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,510 Americans named Farrell and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (52% of everyone recorded); the median is 59 years old and half are between 40 and 71.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Farrell by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Farrell?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #12,904, in 2024; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
99 babies in 1956, the peak
Farrell peaked in 1956, when 99 babies were given it (92 boys, #771 among boys’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #12,904 | 2.9 |
| 2023 | 6 | #11,267 | 3.5 |
| 2022 | 8 | #9,252 | 4.6 |
| 2021 | 7 | #10,053 | 4.0 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,885 | 4.1 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,754 | 2.8 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,460 | 7.2 |
| 2017 | 7 | #10,029 | 3.8 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,771 | 5.3 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,219 | 5.7 |
Every recorded year (118)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 11 | #7,197 | 5.7 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,995 | 3.7 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,739 | 6.3 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,496 | 8.4 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,801 | 6.3 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,929 | 6.0 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,949 | 9.3 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,504 | 7.7 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,268 | 10.7 |
| 2005 | 24 | #3,851 | 12.0 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,078 | 8.1 |
| 2003 | 21 | #4,020 | 10.6 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,833 | 6.2 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,174 | 9.8 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,672 | 6.1 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,691 | 4.7 |
| 1998 | 8 | #7,053 | 4.2 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,495 | 10.6 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,238 | 7.9 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,628 | 5.3 |
| 1994 | 5 | #9,275 | 2.6 |
| 1993 | 24 | #2,883 | 12.2 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,176 | 7.0 |
| 1991 | 22 | #2,930 | 10.9 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,776 | 5.4 |
| 1989 | 22 | #2,811 | 11.0 |
| 1988 | 17 | #3,113 | 8.9 |
| 1987 | 24 | #2,352 | 12.9 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,314 | 7.6 |
| 1985 | 19 | #2,631 | 10.3 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,999 | 8.3 |
| 1983 | 24 | #2,159 | 13.4 |
| 1982 | 27 | #2,017 | 14.9 |
| 1981 | 25 | #2,103 | 14.0 |
| 1980 | 27 | #2,021 | 15.1 |
| 1979 | 35 | #1,643 | 20.3 |
| 1978 | 28 | #1,845 | 17.1 |
| 1977 | 33 | #1,652 | 20.1 |
| 1976 | 29 | #1,759 | 18.5 |
| 1975 | 35 | #1,516 | 22.4 |
| 1974 | 25 | #1,849 | 15.9 |
| 1973 | 35 | #1,446 | 22.5 |
| 1972 | 43 | #1,268 | 26.5 |
| 1971 | 47 | #1,205 | 26.6 |
| 1970 | 49 | #1,184 | 26.4 |
| 1969 | 35 | #1,365 | 19.6 |
| 1968 | 43 | #1,153 | 24.7 |
| 1967 | 57 | #959 | 32.7 |
| 1966 | 52 | #1,009 | 29.2 |
| 1965 | 68 | #894 | 36.6 |
| 1964 | 43 | #1,177 | 21.6 |
| 1963 | 71 | #887 | 35.0 |
| 1962 | 58 | #1,007 | 28.0 |
| 1961 | 51 | #1,099 | 24.0 |
| 1960 | 51 | #1,085 | 23.9 |
| 1959 | 64 | #965 | 30.0 |
| 1958 | 66 | #936 | 31.1 |
| 1957 | 79 | #847 | 36.6 |
| 1956 | 92 | #771 | 43.5 |
| 1955 | 69 | #893 | 33.5 |
| 1954 | 74 | #844 | 36.3 |
| 1953 | 64 | #898 | 32.4 |
| 1952 | 73 | #824 | 37.6 |
| 1951 | 65 | #866 | 34.5 |
| 1950 | 62 | #873 | 34.6 |
| 1949 | 60 | #889 | 33.8 |
| 1948 | 58 | #904 | 33.1 |
| 1947 | 71 | #824 | 38.8 |
| 1946 | 43 | #1,049 | 26.5 |
| 1945 | 49 | #920 | 36.4 |
| 1944 | 67 | #765 | 49.2 |
| 1943 | 63 | #831 | 44.1 |
| 1942 | 63 | #815 | 45.6 |
| 1941 | 58 | #835 | 47.2 |
| 1940 | 63 | #784 | 54.3 |
| 1939 | 64 | #757 | 57.8 |
| 1938 | 60 | #802 | 54.1 |
| 1937 | 69 | #734 | 64.7 |
| 1936 | 77 | #676 | 74.2 |
| 1935 | 96 | #592 | 92.2 |
| 1934 | 76 | #700 | 73.6 |
| 1933 | 82 | #638 | 82.7 |
| 1932 | 89 | #636 | 85.2 |
| 1931 | 82 | #660 | 78.9 |
| 1930 | 76 | #724 | 69.3 |
| 1929 | 47 | #986 | 43.7 |
| 1928 | 44 | #1,044 | 39.7 |
| 1927 | 50 | #993 | 44.4 |
| 1926 | 52 | #947 | 46.8 |
| 1925 | 49 | #974 | 43.9 |
| 1924 | 57 | #927 | 50.3 |
| 1923 | 45 | #1,063 | 41.1 |
| 1922 | 42 | #1,088 | 38.6 |
| 1921 | 45 | #1,050 | 40.9 |
| 1920 | 34 | #1,241 | 31.9 |
| 1919 | 39 | #1,105 | 39.8 |
| 1918 | 30 | #1,297 | 29.6 |
| 1917 | 37 | #1,093 | 40.0 |
| 1916 | 31 | #1,185 | 34.8 |
| 1915 | 32 | #1,148 | 37.7 |
| 1914 | 18 | #1,458 | 27.5 |
| 1913 | 24 | #1,031 | 46.8 |
| 1912 | 18 | #1,111 | 41.9 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,220 | 39.8 |
| 1908 | 10 | #903 | 64.8 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,134 | 47.7 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,180 | 41.9 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,052 | 48.9 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Farrell a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 4,827 Americans recorded as Farrell, 10% are girls and 90% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Farrell: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Farrell, and how old are they?
2,510 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 52% of the 4,827 Americans ever recorded as Farrell. The median Farrell alive today is 59 years old; half are between 40 and 71.
The 2020 Census counted 2,629 people named Farrell (384 women and girls, 2,245 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,843 born in the U.S. The Census count is 8% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 259 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 852 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 621 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 387 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 282 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 101 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Farrell born?
The states with the most babies named Farrell are Louisiana, Utah and Missouri, with 37% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Louisiana and Utah and Missouri are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 171 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Utah | 100 | not ranked | 2.7× |
| Missouri | 97 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| California | 86 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Arkansas | 69 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Georgia | 61 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Texas | 55 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Illinois | 54 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| North Carolina | 52 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Indiana | 48 | not ranked | 0.4× |
Where Farrell is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Farrell is most over-represented in Utah: since 1910 it was given 2.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Farrell with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 6,156 babies since 1880, Farrell is the most given (78% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Farrell
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Farrell and names like it
- Compare Farrell and FarrelBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sFarrell peaked in 1956.
- Louisiana’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Farrell since 1910.
- The top names of 1956The year the most babies were named Farrell.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Farrell alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with FMost given first.