Farron — boys' name
607 babies named Farron in U.S. Social Security records since 1953, with the highest year being 1956. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
27% of everyone ever named Farron was born in this single decade.
30 babies were named Farron in 1956 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Farron
The Social Security Administration has registered 607 babies named Farron between 1953 and 2022, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Farron currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 30 babies received it in a single year. Farron is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 114 additional births since 1938.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Farron performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 161 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Farron shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Farron in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Farron 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 607 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.
Farron at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Farron popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1953
- Peak year (1956)
- 30
- Annual births at peak — across 70 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
607 total births across 70 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1956 with 30 births in a single year.
Farron popularity over time — girls
114 total births recorded since 1938 (Farron as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Farron accounts for 16% of total recorded use across both genders.
Farron by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 161 births that decade — 27% of Farron's all-time total
Farron decade highlights
- Peak decade 161 births
- Runner-up 147 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Farron's strongest decade
161 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Farron by state
Where Farron concentrates geographically — total births since 1953
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Alabama | | 6 | 1.0% |
6 of 607 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Alabama 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Alabama accounts for 1.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1953–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.