girls:
38 births since 1917
#5678 (1st percentile)
boys:
831 births since 1913
#3756 (18th percentile)
overall:
869 births since 1913
#6870 (11th percentile)
The name Farrel is the #6,870 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 869 recorded births since 1913. This represents the 11.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,756 (18.0% percentile) for all time with 831 births since 1913. For girls, it ranks #5,678 (0.6% percentile) for all time with 38 births since 1917.
Farrel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1913 (1913 for boys and 1917 for girls). Birth data for Farrel is available in 65 out of the 91 years between 1913 and 2003 (65 years for boys and 7 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Farrel has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 95.6% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Farrel reached its peak popularity in 1937, achieving the 3.8% percentile (ranked #504) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 1937, with 23 births per million (ranked 3.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2003.
For girls, Farrel reached its peak popularity in 1939, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #580) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1939, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1943.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Farrel".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Farrel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 50.0% confident that Farrel is pronounced as FA-ruhl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is FEH-ruhl, at 38.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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