Farrell*
#1,776 most common boys' name of all time · #4,304 across all names · 90% male / 10% female · used 1902–2024 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#1,776
Rank overall
#4,304 of 105,966
First appeared
1902
Years on the list
118 of 146
All-time
4,827
Since 2016
68
Peak year
1956 #773
Best rank
#591 1935
Girls
Boys
peak 99/yr
Farrell first appears in 1902. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,416 |
| 2023 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,886 |
| 2022 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,039 |
| 2021 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,762 |
| 2020 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,601 |
| 2019 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,220 |
| 2018 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,375 |
| 2017 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,736 |
| 2016 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,642 |
| 2015 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,088 |
| 2014 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #7,078 |
| 2013 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,724 |
| 2012 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,648 |
| 2011 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,443 |
| 2010 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,717 |
| 2009 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,839 |
| 2008 | 5 | 19 | 24 | #4,918 |
| 2007 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,452 |
| 2006 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,240 |
| 2005 | — | 24 | 24 | #3,828 |
| 2004 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,035 |
| 2003 | 9 | 21 | 30 | #3,988 |
| 2002 | 6 | 12 | 18 | #5,753 |
| 2001 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,141 |
| 2000 | 6 | 12 | 18 | #5,615 |
| 1999 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,567 |
| 1998 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #6,882 |
| 1997 | 5 | 20 | 25 | #3,473 |
| 1996 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,219 |
| 1995 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #5,540 |
| 1994 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #8,885 |
| 1993 | 7 | 24 | 31 | #2,877 |
| 1992 | 13 | 14 | 27 | #4,136 |
| 1991 | 6 | 22 | 28 | #2,928 |
| 1990 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #4,705 |
| 1989 | 6 | 22 | 28 | #2,803 |
| 1988 | 12 | 17 | 29 | #3,108 |
| 1987 | 14 | 24 | 38 | #2,346 |
| 1986 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,296 |
| 1985 | 13 | 19 | 32 | #2,617 |
| 1984 | 5 | 15 | 20 | #2,987 |
| 1983 | 8 | 24 | 32 | #2,160 |
| 1982 | 7 | 27 | 34 | #2,013 |
| 1981 | 10 | 25 | 35 | #2,100 |
| 1980 | — | 27 | 27 | #2,023 |
| 1979 | 9 | 35 | 44 | #1,645 |
| 1978 | 5 | 28 | 33 | #1,840 |
| 1977 | 12 | 33 | 45 | #1,655 |
| 1976 | 5 | 29 | 34 | #1,762 |
| 1975 | 5 | 35 | 40 | #1,516 |
| 1974 | 6 | 25 | 31 | #1,850 |
| 1973 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,449 |
| 1972 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,271 |
| 1971 | 9 | 47 | 56 | #1,206 |
| 1970 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,183 |
| 1969 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,366 |
| 1968 | 7 | 43 | 50 | #1,155 |
| 1967 | — | 57 | 57 | #964 |
| 1966 | 7 | 52 | 59 | #1,010 |
| 1965 | — | 68 | 68 | #893 |
| 1964 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,182 |
| 1963 | 5 | 71 | 76 | #889 |
| 1962 | — | 58 | 58 | #1,010 |
| 1961 | 9 | 51 | 60 | #1,100 |
| 1960 | 5 | 51 | 56 | #1,095 |
| 1959 | — | 64 | 64 | #967 |
| 1958 | — | 66 | 66 | #941 |
| 1957 | — | 79 | 79 | #847 |
| 1956 | 7 | 92 | 99 | #773 |
| 1955 | — | 69 | 69 | #895 |
| 1954 | 6 | 74 | 80 | #846 |
| 1953 | — | 64 | 64 | #899 |
| 1952 | — | 73 | 73 | #827 |
| 1951 | 6 | 65 | 71 | #872 |
| 1950 | 9 | 62 | 71 | #875 |
| 1949 | — | 60 | 60 | #895 |
| 1948 | 15 | 58 | 73 | #907 |
| 1947 | 5 | 71 | 76 | #828 |
| 1946 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,057 |
| 1945 | — | 49 | 49 | #923 |
| 1944 | 7 | 67 | 74 | #767 |
| 1943 | 5 | 63 | 68 | #834 |
| 1942 | 15 | 63 | 78 | #817 |
| 1941 | 7 | 58 | 65 | #838 |
| 1940 | 7 | 63 | 70 | #786 |
| 1939 | — | 64 | 64 | #761 |
| 1938 | 8 | 60 | 68 | #806 |
| 1937 | 11 | 69 | 80 | #736 |
| 1936 | 10 | 77 | 87 | #678 |
| 1935 | — | 96 | 96 | #591 |
| 1934 | 14 | 76 | 90 | #702 |
| 1933 | — | 82 | 82 | #639 |
| 1932 | 8 | 89 | 97 | #642 |
| 1931 | 5 | 82 | 87 | #663 |
| 1930 | 8 | 76 | 84 | #726 |
| 1929 | — | 47 | 47 | #988 |
| 1928 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,054 |
| 1927 | 8 | 50 | 58 | #1,000 |
| 1926 | — | 52 | 52 | #950 |
| 1925 | 6 | 49 | 55 | #980 |
| 1924 | 9 | 57 | 66 | #935 |
| 1923 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,070 |
| 1922 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,101 |
| 1921 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,053 |
| 1920 | 8 | 34 | 42 | #1,248 |
| 1919 | 13 | 39 | 52 | #1,117 |
| 1918 | 8 | 30 | 38 | #1,302 |
| 1917 | 6 | 37 | 43 | #1,107 |
| 1916 | 10 | 31 | 41 | #1,202 |
| 1915 | 7 | 32 | 39 | #1,156 |
| 1914 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,480 |
| 1913 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,044 |
| 1912 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,132 |
| 1911 | — | 9 | 9 | #1,276 |
| 1908 | — | 10 | 10 | #942 |
| 1907 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,194 |
| 1903 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,289 |
| 1902 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,132 |