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Farren

girls’ name · 70%boys’ name · 30%SteadyCompare

Farren is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 11 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
110.00% of girls
Peak year
198677 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1983
1,037people given the name
Babies named Farren, by year of birthgirlsboys
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The story in the numbers

722 girls have been named Farren in the United States since 1983, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1986, with 77 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1996, and the 1980s alone account for 35%.

Farren is used for both sexes: 30% of its bearers are boys (315), most of them born around 1966.

By decade

Decadegirls named Farren
1980s252
1990s141
2000s97
2010s160
2020s72

In 1986, its biggest year

Farren was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1986 were Jessica, Ashley, Amanda, Jennifer and Sarah. See all of 1986.

Names that rose and fell with Farren

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.