How Many People Are Named Farley?
people named Farley are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 514,736 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,097 babies named Farley in Social Security records from 1884 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
39 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "fern clearing" in Old English. A notable bearer of this name is Canadian author Farley Mowat (1921-).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Farley, 2.5% were girls and 97.5% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1940s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 9.7% in the 1970s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Farley alive today is about 59 years old, and 61% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 51 and 70 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Farley first appears in the records in 1884 and was given most often in 1952, to 39 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1884 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Farley has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,023, in 1884.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,023 (1884) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,383 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Farley alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Farley were born in Kentucky than in any other state: about 14 of those alive today.
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