How Many People Are Named Farrell?
people named Farrell are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 133,770 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,827 babies named Farrell in Social Security records from 1902 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
99 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Fearghail meaning "descendant of FEARGHAL".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Farrell, 12% were girls and 88% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Farrell fell from 15.6% in the 1910s to 4.6% in the 2010s. It was highest in the 1990s, at 28.1%.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Farrell alive today is about 55 years old, and 48% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 40 and 71 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Farrell first appears in the records in 1902 and was given most often in 1956, to 99 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1902 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Farrell has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #592, in 1935.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #592 (1935) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #697 in the 1930s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Farrell alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Farrell were born in Louisiana than in any other state: about 122 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Farrell was given 18.2 times as often in Utah, 8.7 times in Louisiana and 5 times in Arkansas.
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