Farley
Farley is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 10 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 100.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 195239 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1884
- 1,080people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,080 boys have been named Farley in the United States since 1884, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1952, with 39 births.
It is rising: its share of births is at least one and a half times what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1956, and the 1950s alone account for 29%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Farley | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 61 | |
| 1920s | 85 | |
| 1930s | 77 | |
| 1940s | 113 | |
| 1950s | 309 | |
| 1960s | 219 | |
| 1970s | 93 | |
| 1980s | 73 | |
| 1990s | 19 | |
| 2010s | 5 | |
| 2020s | 21 |
In 1952, its biggest year
Farley was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1952 were James, Robert, John, Michael and David. See all of 1952.
Names that rose and fell with Farley
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Gillpeak 1956
- Gerardpeak 1956
- Delpeak 1958
- Dalepeak 1958
- Kennethpeak 1957
- Stuartpeak 1960
- Rolfpeak 1960
- Dwightpeak 1953
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.