girls:
22 births since 1917
#5694 (0th percentile)
boys:
377 births since 1913
#4209 (8th percentile)
overall:
399 births since 1913
#7340 (5th percentile)
The name Ferrel is the #7,340 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 399 recorded births since 1913. This represents the 5.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,209 (8.2% percentile) for all time with 377 births since 1913. For girls, it ranks #5,694 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 22 births since 1917.
Ferrel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1913 (1913 for boys and 1917 for girls). Birth data for Ferrel is available in 39 out of the 45 years between 1913 and 1957 (38 years for boys and 4 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 Ferrel has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 94.5% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Ferrel reached its peak popularity in 1923, achieving the 2.5% percentile (ranked #537) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 1923, with 17 births per million (ranked 2.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1957.
For girls, Ferrel reached its peak popularity in 1920, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #607) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1920, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1935.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ferrel".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Ferrel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 75.0% confident that Ferrel is pronounced as FEH-ruhl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is feh-REHL, at 15.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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