Farrell is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1956 and has since faded.
Farrell is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2024. Farrell first appears in 1902 and peaked in 1935 (96 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,909 |
| 2023 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,272 |
| 2022 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,257 |
| 2021 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,058 |
| 2020 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,891 |
| 2019 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,760 |
| 2018 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,464 |
| 2017 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,034 |
| 2016 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,776 |
| 2015 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,224 |
| 2014 | 16 | 16 | #17,393 | #7,202 |
| 2013 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,000 |
| 2012 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,745 |
| 2011 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,501 |
| 2010 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,807 |
| 2009 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,934 |
| 2008 | 24 | 24 | #18,415 | #4,953 |
| 2007 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,507 |
| 2006 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,272 |
| 2005 | 24 | 24 | — | #3,855 |
| 2004 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,083 |
| 2003 | 30 | 30 | #10,718 | #4,025 |
| 2002 | 18 | 18 | #14,166 | #5,840 |
| 2001 | 19 | 19 | — | #4,180 |
| 2000 | 18 | 18 | #13,718 | #5,680 |
| 1999 | 9 | 9 | — | #6,697 |
| 1998 | 14 | 14 | #12,963 | #7,060 |
| 1997 | 25 | — | #14,473 | #3,500 |
| 1996 | 15 | — | — | #4,244 |
| 1995 | 15 | — | #14,151 | #5,634 |
| 1994 | 11 | — | #12,279 | #9,281 |
| 1993 | 31 | — | #10,956 | #2,889 |
| 1992 | 27 | — | #6,776 | #4,183 |
| 1991 | 28 | — | #11,978 | #2,936 |
| 1990 | 17 | — | #11,852 | #4,783 |
| 1989 | 28 | — | #11,275 | #2,817 |
| 1988 | 29 | — | #6,394 | #3,118 |
| 1987 | 38 | — | #5,386 | #2,356 |
| 1986 | 14 | — | — | #3,317 |
| 1985 | 32 | — | #5,454 | #2,633 |
| 1984 | 20 | — | #10,931 | #3,000 |
| 1983 | 32 | — | #7,515 | #2,160 |
| 1982 | 34 | — | #8,511 | #2,018 |
| 1981 | 35 | — | #6,471 | #2,104 |
| 1980 | 27 | — | — | #2,021 |
| 1979 | 44 | — | #6,882 | #1,643 |
| 1978 | 33 | — | #10,245 | #1,845 |
| 1977 | 45 | — | #5,294 | #1,652 |
| 1976 | 34 | — | #9,743 | #1,760 |
| 1975 | 40 | — | #9,519 | #1,517 |
| 1974 | 31 | — | #8,004 | #1,849 |
| 1973 | 35 | — | — | #1,446 |
| 1972 | 43 | — | — | #1,268 |
| 1971 | 56 | — | #5,673 | #1,205 |
| 1970 | 49 | — | — | #1,184 |
| 1969 | 35 | — | — | #1,365 |
| 1968 | 50 | — | #5,821 | #1,153 |
| 1967 | 57 | — | — | #959 |
| 1966 | 59 | — | #5,434 | #1,009 |
| 1965 | 68 | — | — | #894 |
| 1964 | 43 | — | — | #1,178 |
| 1963 | 76 | — | #6,918 | #887 |
| 1962 | 58 | — | — | #1,008 |
| 1961 | 60 | — | #4,647 | #1,100 |
| 1960 | 56 | — | #6,658 | #1,086 |
| 1959 | 64 | — | — | #966 |
| 1958 | 66 | — | — | #937 |
| 1957 | 79 | — | — | #848 |
| 1956 | 99 | — | #4,984 | #772 |
| 1955 | 69 | — | — | #894 |
| 1954 | 80 | — | #5,346 | #845 |
| 1953 | 64 | — | — | #899 |
| 1952 | 73 | — | — | #825 |
| 1951 | 71 | — | #5,028 | #867 |
| 1950 | 71 | — | #3,770 | #874 |
| 1949 | 60 | — | — | #890 |
| 1948 | 73 | — | #2,632 | #905 |
| 1947 | 76 | — | #5,569 | #825 |
| 1946 | 43 | — | — | #1,049 |
| 1945 | 49 | — | — | #920 |
| 1944 | 74 | — | #3,814 | #765 |
| 1943 | 68 | — | #4,897 | #831 |
| 1942 | 78 | — | #2,334 | #815 |
| 1941 | 65 | — | #3,696 | #835 |
| 1940 | 70 | — | #3,615 | #784 |
| 1939 | 64 | — | — | #757 |
| 1938 | 68 | — | #3,271 | #802 |
| 1937 | 80 | — | #2,606 | #734 |
| 1936 | 87 | — | #2,737 | #676 |
| 1935 | 96 | — | — | #592 |
| 1934 | 90 | — | #2,224 | #700 |
| 1933 | 82 | — | — | #638 |
| 1932 | 97 | — | #3,388 | #636 |
| 1931 | 87 | — | #4,563 | #660 |
| 1930 | 84 | — | #3,451 | #724 |
| 1929 | 47 | — | — | #986 |
| 1928 | 44 | — | — | #1,044 |
| 1927 | 58 | — | #3,662 | #993 |
| 1926 | 52 | — | — | #947 |
| 1925 | 55 | — | #4,609 | #974 |
| 1924 | 66 | — | #3,483 | #927 |
| 1923 | 45 | — | — | #1,063 |
| 1922 | 42 | — | — | #1,088 |
| 1921 | 45 | — | — | #1,050 |
| 1920 | 42 | — | #3,729 | #1,241 |
| 1919 | 52 | — | #2,562 | #1,105 |
| 1918 | 38 | — | #3,625 | #1,298 |
| 1917 | 43 | — | #4,274 | #1,093 |
| 1916 | 41 | — | #2,903 | #1,185 |
| 1915 | 39 | — | #3,559 | #1,148 |
| 1914 | 18 | — | — | #1,458 |
| 1913 | 24 | — | — | #1,031 |
| 1912 | 18 | — | — | #1,111 |
| 1911 | 9 | — | — | #1,221 |
| 1908 | 10 | — | — | #903 |
| 1907 | 7 | — | — | #1,135 |
| 1903 | 5 | — | — | #1,182 |
| 1902 | 6 | — | — | #1,053 |