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Farrell

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Irish surname transferred into given-name use

Farrell has been given to 4,827 babies in the U.S. since 1902. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1935, with 96 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 90% boys, 10% girls all-time.

Babies named Farrell, 2024

1 in 669,000

Farrell over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Farrell over time

In 2024, Farrell went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19022024

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Farrell: meaning, origin, and history

Irish surname transferred into given-name use

Irish surname transfer

What Farrell means

Farrell is a given name.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Farrell is used in English.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈfæɹ.əl/ for Farrell.

The naming story behind Farrell

Farrell is a given name adopted from Irish surname. This establishes the immediate naming route. A surname transfer is different from a direct translation of the modern given-name spelling; the family name may have its own earlier derivation.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,355 boys were recorded with the name Farrell between 1902 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 96 in 1935; its best national rank was #592 in 1935.

In the United States, 472 girls were recorded with the name Farrell between 1915 and 2014. Its highest annual count was 15 in 1942; its best national rank was #2,223 in 1934.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Farrell?

Farrell had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024
1 in 669,000
5 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only
1 in 345,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
463,412 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Farrell sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2024 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 463,412 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Farrell. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Farrells were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Farrell was born before 1951 — so the typical Farrell is around 74 today.

Median birth year
1951
About 74 years old
Biggest decade
1930s
17.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
7.1%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
2,258
People you could plausibly meet
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1930s — 17.7% of all recorded uses (771).

Is Farrell rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1935 (96)
Years since peak
90
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
29.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#592
1935

Spellings of Farrell

Farrell is not the most common spelling — Darrell is, with 42.8% against Farrell's 1.2%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Farrell is used

Across 1910–2025, Farrell was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 14,286 boys, against 1 in 104,557 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

07 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Utah1 in 14,286
  2. 2Idaho1 in 20,000
  3. 3Louisiana1 in 20,000
  4. 4Arkansas1 in 25,000
  5. 5Missouri1 in 33,333
  6. 6Alabama1 in 100,000
  7. 7Georgia1 in 100,000
  8. 8Illinois1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Farrell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Farrell around the world

Where Farrell ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2018
    #4,749
    in 2018
  • Ireland
    1982–2022
    #779
    in 2022
  • France
    2005–2025
    #3,551
    in 2025
  • South Australia
    1990–1990
    #484
    in 1990

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Notable people named Farrell

People whose public names include Farrell, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Farrell by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#592
1935
Peak year
1935
96 that year
First recorded
1902
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
4,355
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,223
1934
Peak year
1942
15 that year
First recorded
1915
Last recorded
2014
All-time count
472
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Farrell

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

FarrisJarrellCarnellMarkellKendellMarcellLatrellDerrellPernellFarhanWindellRondellJerrellMartellFarisCardellRonnellKentrellLyndellJewellRandellFaronMontrellDonell

Names with a curve like Farrell

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Farrell, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

DaroldWaymonDeltonLynwoodRayfordGlynnEzellCurtissArtisAllynDellDavie

Sibling names for Farrell

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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