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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Ferrell

Ferrell was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1935, when it ranked 917th with 48 babies. More babies were named Ferrell in the 1930s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedboys
Babies in 2025
0boys
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
193548 babies
Total since 1880
2,073babies recorded

Ferrell popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few girls are given the name too: 162 since 1915.

YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990#7,4706
1980#4,6388
1970#2,77812
1960#1,63325
1950#1,96515
1940#1,19132
1930#1,28931
1920#1,33730
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Ferrell, counting every spelling?

Ferrell has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Ferrell?

About 800 people born in the US named Ferrell are alive today, with a median age of 63; half are between 47 and 75. That makes Ferrell a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Ferrell by state

How common Ferrell was among boys born in each state in 1933–1937, around its peak. In 47 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesAR0.06Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesAL0.13Georgia: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesGA0.04Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesTX0.03Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Ferrell, boys, 1933–1937. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Ferrell: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Ferrell, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Ferrell

How popular is the name Ferrell?

Ferrell was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1935, when it ranked 917th with 48 babies. More babies were named Ferrell in the 1930s than in any other decade.

Is Ferrell a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 162 girls and 1,911 boys.

Where was Ferrell most popular?

In 1933–1937, Ferrell was most common in Alabama (0.13 per 1,000 boys), followed by Arkansas and Georgia.