Farren
Farren is given to both girls and boys: 9 girls and 7 boys were given it in 2025 (#10,360 among girls’ names and #10,011 among boys’, #11,988 among all names counting both); 1,053 Americans have been recorded with it since 1952 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,000 Americans named Farren and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (95% of everyone recorded); the median is 32 years old and half are between 13 and 40.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Farren by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Farren?
#10,360 among girls’ names, 2025
Farren fell from #8,141 in 2015 to #10,360 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 7.8 to 5.6 per million.
88 babies in 1986, the peak
Farren peaked in 1986, when 88 babies were given it (77 girls, #1,562 among girls’ names). The 16 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 18% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,360 | 7 | #10,011 |
| 2024 | 11 | #9,124 | 9 | #8,533 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,766 | 5 | #12,820 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,927 | 5 | #12,948 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,456 | 6 | #11,191 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,681 | 7 | #9,886 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,471 | 5 | #12,755 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,286 | 7 | #10,002 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,446 | 7 | #10,030 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,678 | under 5 |
Every recorded year (63)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 14 | #8,141 | 5 | #12,668 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,197 | 5 | #12,658 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,551 | under 5 | |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,352 | under 5 | |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,942 | 9 | #8,278 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,306 | under 5 | |
| 2009 | 11 | #10,197 | under 5 | |
| 2008 | 10 | #11,063 | under 5 | |
| 2007 | 7 | #14,397 | 7 | #10,110 |
| 2006 | 11 | #10,128 | under 5 | |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,664 | 8 | #8,531 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,451 | under 5 | |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,657 | under 5 | |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,455 | 5 | #11,238 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,606 | 5 | #11,107 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,390 | under 5 | |
| 1999 | 5 | #15,171 | under 5 | |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,422 | under 5 | |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,696 | under 5 | |
| 1996 | 9 | #9,034 | under 5 | |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,682 | 5 | #9,297 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,526 | under 5 | |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,955 | under 5 | |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,733 | 9 | #5,789 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,342 | under 5 | |
| 1990 | 30 | #3,547 | under 5 | |
| 1989 | 32 | #3,270 | under 5 | |
| 1988 | 43 | #2,495 | under 5 | |
| 1987 | 75 | #1,633 | 8 | #5,108 |
| 1986 | 77 | #1,562 | 11 | #3,955 |
| 1985 | 15 | #4,917 | under 5 | |
| 1984 | under 5 | 14 | #3,151 | |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,365 | 5 | #6,584 |
| 1979 | under 5 | 6 | #5,578 | |
| 1978 | under 5 | 6 | #5,294 | |
| 1974 | under 5 | 6 | #4,832 | |
| 1971 | under 5 | 5 | #5,161 | |
| 1969 | under 5 | 8 | #3,405 | |
| 1968 | under 5 | 5 | #4,323 | |
| 1967 | under 5 | 11 | #2,521 | |
| 1966 | under 5 | 16 | #1,990 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 10 | #2,671 | |
| 1964 | under 5 | 5 | #4,243 | |
| 1963 | under 5 | 10 | #2,732 | |
| 1962 | under 5 | 9 | #2,917 | |
| 1961 | under 5 | 9 | #2,962 | |
| 1960 | under 5 | 13 | #2,354 | |
| 1959 | under 5 | 7 | #3,382 | |
| 1958 | under 5 | 11 | #2,556 | |
| 1956 | under 5 | 5 | #4,125 | |
| 1955 | under 5 | 10 | #2,640 | |
| 1954 | under 5 | 11 | #2,503 | |
| 1952 | under 5 | 5 | #3,912 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Farren a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,053 Americans recorded as Farren, 69% are girls and 31% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Farren: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Farren, and how old are they?
1,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 95% of the 1,053 Americans ever recorded as Farren. The median Farren alive today is 32 years old; half are between 13 and 40.
The 2020 Census counted 916 people named Farren (603 women and girls, 313 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 900 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 69 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 63 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 402 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 208 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 258 |
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).
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 2,534 babies since 1880, Farren is the most given (42% of them). In 2025 it was given to 16 of their 37 babies (43%), again the most given.
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.
More about Farren and names like it
- Compare Farren and FarynBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sFarren peaked in 1986.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Farren since 1910.
- The top names of 1986The year the most babies were named Farren.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Farren alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with FMost given first.