Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Ferrel” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ferrel” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Ferrel” 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 “Ferrel” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Ferrel” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ferrel” 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
1913 6 0.000005277 6 -100%
1914 5 0.00000353 5 -100%
1915 9 0.000004912 9 -100%
1916 14 0.000007237 14 -100%
1917 13 0.000006478 5 8 -23%
1918 7 0.000003224 7 -100%
1919 6 0.000002843 6 -100%
1920 16 0.000007071 6 10 -25%
1921 9 0.000003855 9 -100%
1922 15 0.000006553 15 -100%
1923 19 0.000008252 19 -100%
1924 10 0.000004199 10 -100%
1925 6 0.000002571 6 100%
1926 14 0.000006098 14 -100%
1927 11 0.000004743 11 -100%
1928 6 0.000002654 6 -100%
1929 12 0.000005474 12 -100%
1930 14 0.000006297 14 -100%
1931 12 0.000005702 12 -100%
1932 7 0.000003316 7 -100%
1933 15 0.000007502 15 -100%
1934 13 0.00000626 13 -100%
1935 19 0.000009091 5 14 -47%
1936 10 0.000004813 10 -100%
1937 10 0.000004693 10 -100%
1938 11 0.000004972 11 -100%
1939 11 0.000004992 11 -100%
1940 15 0.000006514 15 -100%
1941 10 0.000004104 10 -100%
1942 8 0.000002928 8 -100%
1946 9 0.000002817 9 -100%
1947 9 0.000002498 9 -100%
1950 9 0.000002569 9 -100%
1951 7 0.0000019 7 -100%
1952 8 0.000002106 8 -100%
1953 6 0.000001557 6 -100%
1955 7 0.000001743 7 -100%
1956 6 0.000001455 6 -100%
1957 5 0.00000119 5 -100%

Explore other names

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  10. Ferril
  11. Ferrill