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How popular is “Farrell” in the USA?

Number of people named “Farrell” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Farrell” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Farrell” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Farrell” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Farrell” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Farrell” by birth year

This chart shows how “Farrell” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1902 6 0.000015515 6 -100%
1903 5 0.000013116 5 -100%
1907 7 0.000015041 7 -100%
1908 10 0.000020465 10 -100%
1911 9 0.000013969 9 -100%
1912 18 0.000018217 18 -100%
1913 24 0.000021106 24 -100%
1914 18 0.000012709 18 -100%
1915 39 0.000021283 7 32 -64%
1916 41 0.000021195 10 31 -51%
1917 43 0.000021428 6 37 -72%
1918 38 0.000017503 8 30 -58%
1919 52 0.000024642 13 39 -50%
1920 42 0.000018562 8 34 -62%
1921 45 0.000019276 45 -100%
1922 42 0.000018347 42 -100%
1923 45 0.000019544 45 -100%
1924 66 0.000027712 9 57 -73%
1925 55 0.000023572 6 49 -78%
1926 52 0.000022649 52 -100%
1927 58 0.000025007 8 50 -72%
1928 44 0.000019461 44 -100%
1929 47 0.00002144 47 -100%
1930 84 0.000037782 8 76 -81%
1931 87 0.000041342 5 82 -89%
1932 97 0.000045943 8 89 -84%
1933 82 0.000041011 82 -100%
1934 90 0.000043336 14 76 -69%
1935 96 0.000045935 96 -100%
1936 87 0.000041876 10 77 -77%
1937 80 0.000037547 11 69 -73%
1938 68 0.000030733 8 60 -76%
1939 64 0.000029045 64 -100%
1940 70 0.000030399 7 63 -80%
1941 65 0.000026678 7 58 -78%
1942 78 0.000028552 15 63 -62%
1943 68 0.000024092 5 63 -85%
1944 74 0.000027508 7 67 -81%
1945 49 0.00001847 49 -100%
1946 43 0.000013457 43 -100%
1947 76 0.000021098 5 71 -87%
1948 73 0.000021144 15 58 -59%
1949 60 0.000017218 60 -100%
1950 71 0.000020266 9 62 -75%
1951 71 0.000019274 6 65 -83%
1952 73 0.000019221 73 -100%
1953 64 0.000016608 64 -100%
1954 80 0.000020097 6 74 -85%
1955 69 0.000017185 69 -100%
1956 99 0.000024011 7 92 -86%
1957 79 0.0000188 79 -100%
1958 66 0.000015966 66 -100%
1959 64 0.000015392 64 -100%
1960 56 0.000013482 5 51 -82%
1961 60 0.000014485 9 51 -70%
1962 58 0.000014373 58 -100%
1963 76 0.000019201 5 71 -87%
1964 44 0.000011318 44 -100%
1965 67 0.00001848 67 -100%
1966 59 0.000016975 7 52 -76%
1967 57 0.00001679 57 -100%
1968 50 0.0000148 7 43 -72%
1969 35 0.000010071 35 -100%
1970 49 0.000013587 49 -100%
1971 56 0.000016315 9 47 -68%
1972 43 0.000013681 43 -100%
1973 35 0.000011601 35 -100%
1974 31 0.000010197 6 25 -61%
1975 40 0.000013248 5 35 -75%
1976 34 0.000011205 5 29 -71%
1977 45 0.000014167 12 33 -47%
1978 33 0.000010397 5 28 -70%
1979 44 0.000013225 9 35 -59%
1980 27 0.000007839 27 -100%
1981 35 0.000010117 10 25 -43%
1982 34 0.000009692 7 27 -59%
1983 32 0.00000924 8 24 -50%
1984 20 0.000005733 5 15 -50%
1985 32 0.000008966 13 19 -19%
1986 14 0.000003936 14 -100%
1987 38 0.000010539 14 24 -26%
1988 29 0.000007848 12 17 -17%
1989 28 0.000007283 6 22 -57%
1990 17 0.000004301 6 11 -29%
1991 28 0.000007188 6 22 -57%
1992 27 0.000007029 13 14 -4%
1993 31 0.000008222 7 24 -55%
1994 11 0.000002959 6 5 9%
1995 15 0.000004096 5 10 -33%
1996 15 0.000004113 15 -100%
1997 25 0.000006895 5 20 -60%
1998 14 0.000003806 6 8 -14%
1999 9 0.000002436 9 -100%
2000 18 0.000004762 6 12 -33%
2001 19 0.000005076 19 -100%
2002 18 0.000004815 6 12 -33%
2003 30 0.00000789 9 21 -40%
2004 16 0.000004187 16 -100%
2005 24 0.000006242 24 -100%
2006 22 0.000005561 22 -100%
2007 16 0.000004002 16 -100%
2008 24 0.000006106 5 19 -58%
2009 12 0.000003141 12 -100%
2010 12 0.000003247 12 -100%
2011 16 0.000004374 16 -100%
2012 12 0.000003281 12 -100%
2013 7 0.00000192 7 -100%
2014 16 0.000004317 5 11 -38%
2015 11 0.000002972 11 -100%
2016 10 0.000002726 10 -100%
2017 7 0.000001957 7 -100%
2018 13 0.000003697 13 -100%
2019 5 0.000001441 5 -100%
2020 7 0.000002095 7 -100%
2021 7 0.000002066 7 -100%
2022 8 0.000002365 8 -100%
2023 6 0.000001812 6 -100%
2024 5 0.000001502 5 -100%

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