Farrell — #12355 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Farrell

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,355 babies named Farrell between 1902 and 2024, spanning 123 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Farrell currently holds the #12355 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1935, when 96 babies received it in a single year. Farrell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 472 additional births since 1915.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Farrell performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 771 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Farrell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 171 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Utah and Missouri. In total, SSA state-level files list Farrell in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Farrell 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 4,355 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.