Meaning not yet researched.
Farrell: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 0 in 2025. Its best rank was #592 in 1935.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Fewer than five US boys were given it in 2025. It peaked at #592 in 1935. No US babies were recorded with the name Farrell in 2025.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
Given to fewer than five US boys in 2025; it peaked at #592 in 1935.
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Farrell: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 0 boys in 2025. Peak: #592 in 1935 · most boys in one year: 96 (1935).
Fewer than five US boys were named Farrell in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for boys. Its best rank for boys was #592, reached in 1935. That year also had the most boys given the name: 96. For comparison, it was #7,224 in 2015 and #874 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Farrell in 118 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1902 with 6 babies. In all, 4,827 US babies have been given the name, 9.8% of them girls and 90% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1930s, with 835 babies named Farrell.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 68 US boys were named Farrell; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 13.
Rarer spellings such as Farrel and Pharrell are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Farrel (869), Pharrell (460).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Farrell in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | — | — | 5 | #12,909 |
| 2023 | — | — | 6 | #11,272 |
| 2022 | — | — | 8 | #9,257 |
| 2021 | — | — | 7 | #10,058 |
| 2020 | — | — | 7 | #9,891 |
| 2019 | — | — | 5 | #12,760 |
| 2018 | — | — | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2017 | — | — | 7 | #10,034 |
| 2016 | — | — | 10 | #7,776 |
| 2015 | — | — | 11 | #7,224 |
| 2014 | 5 | #17,393 | 11 | #7,202 |
| 2013 | — | — | 7 | #10,000 |
| 2012 | — | — | 12 | #6,745 |
| 2011 | — | — | 16 | #5,501 |
| 2010 | — | — | 12 | #6,807 |
| 2009 | — | — | 12 | #6,934 |
| 2008 | 5 | #18,415 | 19 | #4,953 |
| 2007 | — | — | 16 | #5,507 |
| 2006 | — | — | 22 | #4,272 |
| 2005 | — | — | 24 | #3,855 |
| 2004 | — | — | 16 | #5,083 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,718 | 21 | #4,025 |
| 2002 | 6 | #14,166 | 12 | #5,840 |
| 2001 | — | — | 19 | #4,180 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,718 | 12 | #5,680 |
| 1999 | — | — | 9 | #6,697 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,963 | 8 | #7,060 |
| 1997 | 5 | #14,473 | 20 | #3,500 |
| 1996 | — | — | 15 | #4,244 |
| 1995 | 5 | #14,151 | 10 | #5,634 |
| 1994 | 6 | #12,279 | 5 | #9,281 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,956 | 24 | #2,889 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,776 | 14 | #4,183 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,978 | 22 | #2,936 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,852 | 11 | #4,783 |
| 1989 | 6 | #11,275 | 22 | #2,817 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,394 | 17 | #3,118 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,386 | 24 | #2,356 |
| 1986 | — | — | 14 | #3,317 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,454 | 19 | #2,633 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,931 | 15 | #3,000 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,515 | 24 | #2,160 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,511 | 27 | #2,018 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,471 | 25 | #2,104 |
| 1980 | — | — | 27 | #2,021 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,882 | 35 | #1,643 |
| 1978 | 5 | #10,245 | 28 | #1,845 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,294 | 33 | #1,652 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,743 | 29 | #1,760 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,519 | 35 | #1,517 |
| 1974 | 6 | #8,004 | 25 | #1,849 |
| 1973 | — | — | 35 | #1,446 |
| 1972 | — | — | 43 | #1,268 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,673 | 47 | #1,205 |
| 1970 | — | — | 49 | #1,184 |
| 1969 | — | — | 35 | #1,365 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,821 | 43 | #1,153 |
| 1967 | — | — | 57 | #959 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,434 | 52 | #1,009 |
| 1965 | — | — | 68 | #894 |
| 1964 | — | — | 43 | #1,178 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,918 | 71 | #887 |
| 1962 | — | — | 58 | #1,008 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,647 | 51 | #1,100 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,658 | 51 | #1,086 |
| 1959 | — | — | 64 | #966 |
| 1958 | — | — | 66 | #937 |
| 1957 | — | — | 79 | #848 |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,984 | 92 | #772 |
| 1955 | — | — | 69 | #894 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,346 | 74 | #845 |
| 1953 | — | — | 64 | #899 |
| 1952 | — | — | 73 | #825 |
| 1951 | 6 | #5,028 | 65 | #867 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,770 | 62 | #874 |
| 1949 | — | — | 60 | #890 |
| 1948 | 15 | #2,632 | 58 | #905 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,569 | 71 | #825 |
| 1946 | — | — | 43 | #1,049 |
| 1945 | — | — | 49 | #920 |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,814 | 67 | #765 |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,897 | 63 | #831 |
| 1942 | 15 | #2,334 | 63 | #815 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,696 | 58 | #835 |
| 1940 | 7 | #3,615 | 63 | #784 |
| 1939 | — | — | 64 | #757 |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,271 | 60 | #802 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,606 | 69 | #734 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,737 | 77 | #676 |
| 1935 | — | — | 96 | #592 |
| 1934 | 14 | #2,224 | 76 | #700 |
| 1933 | — | — | 82 | #638 |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,388 | 89 | #636 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,563 | 82 | #660 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,451 | 76 | #724 |
| 1929 | — | — | 47 | #986 |
| 1928 | — | — | 44 | #1,044 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,662 | 50 | #993 |
| 1926 | — | — | 52 | #947 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,609 | 49 | #974 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,483 | 57 | #927 |
| 1923 | — | — | 45 | #1,063 |
| 1922 | — | — | 42 | #1,088 |
| 1921 | — | — | 45 | #1,050 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,729 | 34 | #1,241 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,562 | 39 | #1,105 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,625 | 30 | #1,298 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,274 | 37 | #1,093 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,903 | 31 | #1,185 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,559 | 32 | #1,148 |
| 1914 | — | — | 18 | #1,458 |
| 1913 | — | — | 24 | #1,031 |
| 1912 | — | — | 18 | #1,111 |
| 1911 | — | — | 9 | #1,221 |
| 1908 | — | — | 10 | #903 |
| 1907 | — | — | 7 | #1,135 |
| 1903 | — | — | 5 | #1,182 |
| 1902 | — | — | 6 | #1,053 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).