Ferrell — boys' name

What the Data Says About Ferrell

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,911 babies named Ferrell between 1897 and 2015, spanning 119 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ferrell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1935, when 48 babies received it in a single year. Ferrell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 162 additional births since 1915.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ferrell performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 355 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Ferrell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 68 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Ferrell in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ferrell 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 1,911 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.