Furnell — boys' name
27 babies named Furnell in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
78% of everyone ever named Furnell was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Furnell in 1972 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Furnell
The Social Security Administration has registered 27 babies named Furnell between 1969 and 1973, spanning 5 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Furnell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1973. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Furnell performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Furnell shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 25 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Furnell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Furnell 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 27 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.
Furnell at a glance
Last recorded 1973Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Furnell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1969
- Peak year (1972)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 5 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1973.
27 total births across 5 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1972 with 9 births in a single year.
Furnell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 21 births that decade — 78% of Furnell's all-time total
Furnell decade highlights
- Peak decade 21 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Furnell's strongest decade
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 78% of all-time use.
Furnell by state
Where Furnell concentrates geographically — total births since 1969
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 25 | 92.6% |
25 of 27 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 92.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 92.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1969–1973 (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.