How popular is the name Farrell?

Farrell ranks 1,359th among boys' names in US records, with 6,900 births since 1897. Over the past decade it accounts for 85.

Is Farrell a unisex name?

No. Farrell is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1935, when 144 children were given the name. It has been in use for 128 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Ferrell. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#1,359 of boy names

Pronounced F EH1 R IH0 L (ARPABET)

Farrell is a boys' name, and first appears in 1897. It has been given to 6,900 children — the 1,359th most common boys' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 85 births across the past decade, against a peak of 144 in a single year. That peak was in 1935.

Ferrell is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

1935Boys: 144Girls: 9

These spellings sound identical to Farrell and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Farrell?: Farrell ranks 1,359th among boys' names in US records, with 6,900 births since 1897. Over the past decade it accounts for 85.
Is Farrell a unisex name?: No. Farrell is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Farrell most popular?: 1935, when 144 children were given the name. It has been in use for 128 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Farrell spelled?: Ferrell. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.