girls:
547 births since 1909
#5169 (10th percentile)
boys:
3k births since 1897
#2305 (50th percentile)
overall:
3.5k births since 1897
#4613 (40th percentile)
The name Farris is the #4,613 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,516 recorded births since 1897. This represents the 40.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 40.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,305 (49.7% percentile) for all time with 2,969 births since 1897. For girls, it ranks #5,169 (9.5% percentile) for all time with 547 births since 1909.
Farris first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1897 (1897 for boys and 1909 for girls). Birth data for Farris is available in 123 out of the 127 years between 1897 and 2023 (123 years for boys and 70 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 Farris has been given predominantly to boys, with 84.4% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 60.0% of babies named Farris were boys.
For boys, Farris reached its peak popularity in 1930, achieving the 9.5% percentile (ranked #475) with 49 births per million. The name was most common in 1908, with 96 births per million (ranked 4.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Farris ranks #907 for boys (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 5.1% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Farris reached its peak popularity in 1926, achieving the 2.0% percentile (ranked #592) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 1909, with 19 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Farris ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 18.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Farris".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Farris. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 42.9% confident that Farris is pronounced as FEH-rihs, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is FA-rihs, at 40.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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