Farris
Farris was given to 11 boys in 2025, #7,330 among boys’ names; 3,538 Americans have been recorded with it since 1897 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,660 Americans named Farris and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (47% of everyone recorded); the median is 46 years old and half are between 25 and 70.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Farris by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Farris?
#7,330 among boys’ names, 2025
Farris fell from #7,220 in 2015 to #7,330 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born rose from 5.7 to 6.4 per million.
72 babies in 1926, the peak
Farris peaked in 1926, when 72 babies were given it (55 boys, #905 among boys’ names). The 11 births of 2025 are 15% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | under 5 | 11 | #7,330 | |
| 2024 | under 5 | 11 | #7,409 | |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,991 | 9 | #8,455 |
| 2022 | 5 | #16,103 | 14 | #6,243 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,625 | 13 | #6,433 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,888 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2019 | under 5 | 12 | #6,905 | |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,909 | 12 | #6,829 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,986 | 15 | #5,878 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,931 | 14 | #6,132 |
Every recorded year (125)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | #17,321 | 11 | #7,220 |
| 2014 | under 5 | 12 | #6,765 | |
| 2013 | under 5 | 13 | #6,358 | |
| 2012 | under 5 | 16 | #5,552 | |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,819 | 17 | #5,273 |
| 2010 | under 5 | 15 | #5,821 | |
| 2009 | 5 | #18,212 | 18 | #5,161 |
| 2008 | under 5 | 20 | #4,776 | |
| 2007 | under 5 | 17 | #5,270 | |
| 2006 | under 5 | 16 | #5,379 | |
| 2005 | 6 | #15,104 | 11 | #6,774 |
| 2004 | under 5 | 16 | #5,079 | |
| 2003 | under 5 | 18 | #4,482 | |
| 2002 | under 5 | 8 | #7,880 | |
| 2001 | under 5 | 22 | #3,751 | |
| 2000 | under 5 | 24 | #3,451 | |
| 1999 | under 5 | 17 | #4,207 | |
| 1998 | under 5 | 13 | #4,962 | |
| 1997 | under 5 | 21 | #3,382 | |
| 1996 | 5 | #14,214 | 19 | #3,582 |
| 1995 | under 5 | 13 | #4,599 | |
| 1994 | 5 | #14,140 | 25 | #2,876 |
| 1993 | under 5 | 14 | #4,304 | |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,977 | 27 | #2,615 |
| 1991 | under 5 | 19 | #3,246 | |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,848 | 19 | #3,205 |
| 1989 | 5 | #13,024 | 21 | #2,925 |
| 1988 | 5 | #12,406 | 20 | #2,783 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,876 | 15 | #3,240 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,759 | 9 | #4,587 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,163 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,927 | 19 | #2,557 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,884 | 11 | #3,699 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,579 | 11 | #3,768 |
| 1981 | under 5 | 16 | #2,811 | |
| 1980 | under 5 | 14 | #3,151 | |
| 1979 | under 5 | 23 | #2,184 | |
| 1978 | under 5 | 16 | #2,710 | |
| 1977 | under 5 | 15 | #2,822 | |
| 1976 | under 5 | 19 | #2,364 | |
| 1975 | under 5 | 15 | #2,673 | |
| 1974 | under 5 | 15 | #2,587 | |
| 1973 | under 5 | 12 | #2,904 | |
| 1972 | under 5 | 8 | #3,743 | |
| 1971 | under 5 | 10 | #3,214 | |
| 1970 | under 5 | 23 | #1,860 | |
| 1969 | under 5 | 17 | #2,073 | |
| 1968 | under 5 | 11 | #2,626 | |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,262 | 24 | #1,582 |
| 1966 | under 5 | 13 | #2,264 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 24 | #1,603 | |
| 1964 | under 5 | 29 | #1,469 | |
| 1963 | under 5 | 23 | #1,673 | |
| 1962 | 6 | #6,085 | 33 | #1,370 |
| 1961 | under 5 | 25 | #1,612 | |
| 1960 | under 5 | 31 | #1,441 | |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,555 | 21 | #1,774 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,626 | 29 | #1,457 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,371 | 28 | #1,494 |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,984 | 33 | #1,349 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,396 | 33 | #1,318 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,345 | 27 | #1,473 |
| 1953 | 9 | #4,038 | 33 | #1,313 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,236 | 33 | #1,301 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,798 | 39 | #1,157 |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,914 | 23 | #1,554 |
| 1949 | under 5 | 37 | #1,168 | |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,680 | 38 | #1,165 |
| 1947 | under 5 | 29 | #1,375 | |
| 1946 | under 5 | 25 | #1,416 | |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,765 | 43 | #975 |
| 1944 | 10 | #3,000 | 35 | #1,126 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,349 | 43 | #1,025 |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,531 | 24 | #1,434 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,629 | 31 | #1,195 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,566 | 42 | #998 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,989 | 37 | #1,059 |
| 1938 | 9 | #3,000 | 31 | #1,178 |
| 1937 | 9 | #3,012 | 48 | #901 |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,201 | 39 | #1,018 |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,248 | 37 | #1,065 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,974 | 29 | #1,250 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,745 | 43 | #968 |
| 1932 | 9 | #3,127 | 54 | #869 |
| 1931 | 6 | #4,037 | 41 | #1,052 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,345 | 55 | #899 |
| 1929 | 9 | #3,217 | 31 | #1,278 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,543 | 36 | #1,195 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,922 | 44 | #1,063 |
| 1926 | 17 | #2,193 | 55 | #905 |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,532 | 37 | #1,171 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,444 | 51 | #986 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,992 | 56 | #918 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,844 | 42 | #1,089 |
| 1921 | 11 | #3,007 | 51 | #984 |
| 1920 | 7 | #4,127 | 54 | #943 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,704 | 49 | #964 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,421 | 36 | #1,160 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,759 | 35 | #1,140 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,364 | 41 | #1,003 |
| 1915 | 8 | #3,232 | 43 | #954 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,993 | 29 | #1,061 |
| 1913 | under 5 | 23 | #1,057 | |
| 1912 | 5 | #3,138 | 15 | #1,235 |
| 1911 | under 5 | 14 | #905 | |
| 1910 | under 5 | 14 | #835 | |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,839 | 8 | #1,110 |
| 1908 | under 5 | 16 | #666 | |
| 1907 | under 5 | 10 | #892 | |
| 1906 | under 5 | 7 | #1,047 | |
| 1905 | under 5 | 9 | #863 | |
| 1902 | under 5 | 7 | #966 | |
| 1900 | under 5 | 11 | #803 | |
| 1898 | under 5 | 6 | #1,048 | |
| 1897 | under 5 | 5 | #1,119 |
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 Farris a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 3,538 Americans recorded as Farris, 15% are girls and 85% boys. In 2025 it went to 11 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Farris: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Farris, and how old are they?
1,660 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 47% of the 3,538 Americans ever recorded as Farris. The median Farris alive today is 46 years old; half are between 25 and 70.
The 2020 Census counted 1,701 people named Farris (351 women and girls, 1,350 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,798 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 170 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 436 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 233 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 331 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 282 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 207 |
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 Farris born?
The states with the most babies named Farris are Georgia, Tennessee and Texas, with 66% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Tennessee is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 253 | not ranked | 2.5× |
| Tennessee | 151 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Texas | 128 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Kentucky | 88 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Missouri | 53 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Arkansas | 40 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Alabama | 39 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Oklahoma | 23 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| California | 5 | not ranked | 0.0× |
| Florida | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Farris is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Farris is most over-represented in Georgia: since 1910 it was given 2.5 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 Farris 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 4 names spelled alike, given to 7,935 babies since 1880, Farris is the most given (45% of them). In 2025 it was given to 11 of their 215 babies (5.1%), the third most given that year.
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 Farris
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 Farris and names like it
- Compare Farris and FarisBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sFarris peaked in 1926.
- Georgia’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Farris since 1910.
- The top names of 1926The year the most babies were named Farris.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Farris alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with FMost given first.