How Many People Are Named Ferrell?
people named Ferrell are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 390,165 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,073 babies named Ferrell in Social Security records from 1897 to 2015, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
57 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Ferrell, 3.6% were girls and 96.4% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Ferrell fell from 18.9% in the 1910s to 0% in the 1970s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ferrell alive today is about 60 years old, and 57% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 46 and 76 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ferrell first appears in the records in 1897 and was given most often in 1935, to 57 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2015.
Babies given the name each year, 1897 to 2015
🏆 Rank History
Ferrell has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #917, in 1935.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #917 (1935) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,121 in the 1930s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ferrell alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ferrell were born in Georgia than in any other state: about 20 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ferrell was given 11.8 times as often in Alabama and 10.3 times in Georgia.
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