Farris*
#2,199 most common boys' name of all time · #5,278 across all names · 85% male / 15% female · used 1897–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#2,199
Rank overall
#5,278 of 105,966
First appeared
1897
Years on the list
125 of 146
All-time
3,538
Since 2016
167
Peak year
1926 #911
Best rank
#683 1908
Girls
Boys
peak 72/yr
Farris first appears in 1897. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,216 |
| 2024 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,286 |
| 2023 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #8,296 |
| 2022 | 5 | 14 | 19 | #6,163 |
| 2021 | 7 | 13 | 20 | #6,356 |
| 2020 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #7,061 |
| 2019 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,796 |
| 2018 | 7 | 12 | 19 | #6,728 |
| 2017 | 9 | 15 | 24 | #5,810 |
| 2016 | 6 | 14 | 20 | #6,073 |
| 2015 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #7,084 |
| 2014 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,655 |
| 2013 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,258 |
| 2012 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,493 |
| 2011 | 7 | 17 | 24 | #5,217 |
| 2010 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,758 |
| 2009 | 5 | 18 | 23 | #5,118 |
| 2008 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,731 |
| 2007 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,222 |
| 2006 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,316 |
| 2005 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #6,668 |
| 2004 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,032 |
| 2003 | — | 18 | 18 | #4,449 |
| 2002 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,699 |
| 2001 | — | 22 | 22 | #3,738 |
| 2000 | — | 24 | 24 | #3,432 |
| 1999 | — | 17 | 17 | #4,184 |
| 1998 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,898 |
| 1997 | — | 21 | 21 | #3,363 |
| 1996 | 5 | 19 | 24 | #3,564 |
| 1995 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,541 |
| 1994 | 5 | 25 | 30 | #2,863 |
| 1993 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,257 |
| 1992 | 5 | 27 | 32 | #2,609 |
| 1991 | — | 19 | 19 | #3,245 |
| 1990 | 6 | 19 | 25 | #3,193 |
| 1989 | 5 | 21 | 26 | #2,917 |
| 1988 | 5 | 20 | 25 | #2,782 |
| 1987 | 5 | 15 | 20 | #3,225 |
| 1986 | 10 | 9 | 19 | #4,509 |
| 1985 | 11 | 11 | 22 | #3,843 |
| 1984 | 5 | 19 | 24 | #2,548 |
| 1983 | 9 | 11 | 20 | #3,672 |
| 1982 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #3,741 |
| 1981 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,803 |
| 1980 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,125 |
| 1979 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,183 |
| 1978 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,701 |
| 1977 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,813 |
| 1976 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,344 |
| 1975 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,663 |
| 1974 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,578 |
| 1973 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,896 |
| 1972 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,686 |
| 1971 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,205 |
| 1970 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,861 |
| 1969 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,072 |
| 1968 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,624 |
| 1967 | 6 | 24 | 30 | #1,591 |
| 1966 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,249 |
| 1965 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,605 |
| 1964 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,472 |
| 1963 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,670 |
| 1962 | 6 | 33 | 39 | #1,373 |
| 1961 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,617 |
| 1960 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,448 |
| 1959 | 5 | 21 | 26 | #1,778 |
| 1958 | 6 | 29 | 35 | #1,460 |
| 1957 | 5 | 28 | 33 | #1,498 |
| 1956 | 7 | 33 | 40 | #1,350 |
| 1955 | 6 | 33 | 39 | #1,330 |
| 1954 | 6 | 27 | 33 | #1,484 |
| 1953 | 9 | 33 | 42 | #1,322 |
| 1952 | 8 | 33 | 41 | #1,310 |
| 1951 | 9 | 39 | 48 | #1,167 |
| 1950 | 6 | 23 | 29 | #1,551 |
| 1949 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,180 |
| 1948 | 9 | 38 | 47 | #1,169 |
| 1947 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,379 |
| 1946 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,425 |
| 1945 | 5 | 43 | 48 | #979 |
| 1944 | 10 | 35 | 45 | #1,129 |
| 1943 | 6 | 43 | 49 | #1,029 |
| 1942 | 8 | 24 | 32 | #1,451 |
| 1941 | 5 | 31 | 36 | #1,201 |
| 1940 | 5 | 42 | 47 | #1,002 |
| 1939 | 9 | 37 | 46 | #1,064 |
| 1938 | 9 | 31 | 40 | #1,192 |
| 1937 | 9 | 48 | 57 | #902 |
| 1936 | 8 | 39 | 47 | #1,020 |
| 1935 | 8 | 37 | 45 | #1,075 |
| 1934 | 6 | 29 | 35 | #1,257 |
| 1933 | 10 | 43 | 53 | #974 |
| 1932 | 9 | 54 | 63 | #873 |
| 1931 | 6 | 41 | 47 | #1,063 |
| 1930 | 14 | 55 | 69 | #902 |
| 1929 | 9 | 31 | 40 | #1,289 |
| 1928 | 8 | 36 | 44 | #1,204 |
| 1927 | 11 | 44 | 55 | #1,077 |
| 1926 | 17 | 55 | 72 | #911 |
| 1925 | 14 | 37 | 51 | #1,179 |
| 1924 | 15 | 51 | 66 | #989 |
| 1923 | 11 | 56 | 67 | #921 |
| 1922 | 12 | 42 | 54 | #1,099 |
| 1921 | 11 | 51 | 62 | #989 |
| 1920 | 7 | 54 | 61 | #943 |
| 1919 | 12 | 49 | 61 | #968 |
| 1918 | 14 | 36 | 50 | #1,168 |
| 1917 | 11 | 35 | 46 | #1,146 |
| 1916 | 8 | 41 | 49 | #1,008 |
| 1915 | 8 | 43 | 51 | #959 |
| 1914 | 7 | 29 | 36 | #1,067 |
| 1913 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,070 |
| 1912 | 5 | 15 | 20 | #1,258 |
| 1911 | — | 14 | 14 | #923 |
| 1910 | — | 14 | 14 | #856 |
| 1909 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #1,141 |
| 1908 | — | 16 | 16 | #683 |
| 1907 | — | 10 | 10 | #927 |
| 1906 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,100 |
| 1905 | — | 9 | 9 | #915 |
| 1902 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,009 |
| 1900 | — | 11 | 11 | #835 |
| 1898 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,115 |
| 1897 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,219 |