How Many People Are Named Farrel?
people named Farrel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 954,706 people in the US has this name
Based on 869 babies named Farrel in Social Security records from 1913 to 2003, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
25 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Farrel, 2.7% were girls and 97.3% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1920s: 3.8% of the babies were girls then and 0% in the 1950s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Farrel alive today is about 67 years old, and 71% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 58 and 77 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Farrel first appears in the records in 1913 and was given most often in 1937, to 25 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2003.
Babies given the name each year, 1913 to 2003
🏆 Rank History
Farrel has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,352, in 1937.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,352 (1937) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,753 in the 1930s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Farrel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Farrel were born in Louisiana than in any other state: about 15 of those alive today.
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