girls:
114 births since 1938
#5602 (2nd percentile)
boys:
607 births since 1953
#3979 (13th percentile)
overall:
721 births since 1938
#7018 (9th percentile)
The name Farron is the #7,018 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 721 recorded births since 1938. This represents the 9.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 9.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,979 (13.2% percentile) for all time with 607 births since 1953. For girls, it ranks #5,602 (2.0% percentile) for all time with 114 births since 1938.
Farron first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1938 (1938 for girls and 1953 for boys). Birth data for Farron is available in 58 out of the 85 years between 1938 and 2022 (55 years for boys and 9 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 Farron has been given predominantly to boys, with 84.2% of all recorded births being male. In 2022, 100.0% of babies named Farron were boys. Interestingly, until around 1953, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1938 to 1952), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (84.8% boys from 1953 to 2022).
For boys, Farron reached its peak popularity in 1956, achieving the 3.9% percentile (ranked #614) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 1956, with 14 births per million (ranked 3.9% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
For girls, Farron reached its peak popularity in 1987, achieving the 3.5% percentile (ranked #774) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 1987, with 18 births per million (ranked 3.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1998.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Farron".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Farron. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 53.3% confident that Farron is pronounced as FEH-ruhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is FA-ruhn, at 46.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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