Farrell

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Farrell: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Farrell: Recorded since 1982, it reached #286 in 1990, and it stood at #779 in 2022.

2registrars recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
41years from first to last
#286highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 1997

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3174

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 3 of the 41 years from 1982 to 2022.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1982–2022 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1982
First recorded at #330 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1982 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1982–2022
Highest recorded position: #286 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1990 (recorded 1982–2022).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #779 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2022.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Farrell appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 22 ranked years and 200 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1982.

Farrell across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Farrell's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#330 (1982)	#286 (1990)	#779 (2022)	3 of 41	10 (1982–2022)	4 (1990)
England and Wales · Boys	#1040 (1996)	#815 (2004)	#4749 (2018)	22 of 23	200 (1996–2018)	26 (2004)

Farrell by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Farrell in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	31	4 of 10	8
2000sbusiest	115	10 of 10	12
2010s	54	8 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 12 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Farrell appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1982 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #286 in Republic of Ireland in 1990.

Farrell's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2150	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2055	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1962	11	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2400	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1859	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2276	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1666	12	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1224	17	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1135	18	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#815	26	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1326	12	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1454	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1040	13	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#779	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	4	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1982 and 2022, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #286, first reached in 1990.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 26 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 14 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Esha · #285, 29y
Imaan · #285, 29y
Kathrin · #285, 27y
Kathrina · #287, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Nakita · #285, 26y
Seline · #284, 35y
Aimie · #282, 26y
Shamus · #292, 19y

Farrell was ranked #286 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1990. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Farrell and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Farrell without appearing here.

Farrell moved ahead of

Graeme Compare
In 2002 they stood at #3225 and #2636 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #1326 and #2189.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2002 they stood at #3225 and #1651 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #1326 and #1962.

Moved ahead of Farrell

Fredrik Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2150 and #2483 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4810 and #2027.
Rodney Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2150 and #3373 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4810 and #2175.
Ole Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2150 and #3908 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4810 and #2335.
Gunnar Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2150 and #3373 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4810 and #2556.

Moved the opposite way to Farrell

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Boys, Farrell went from #1040 to #4749 while Albie went from #853 to #52.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Boys, Farrell went from #1040 to #4749 while Alfie went from #119 to #15.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Boys, Farrell went from #1040 to #4749 while Alfred went from #218 to #106.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Boys, Farrell went from #1040 to #4749 while Archie went from #192 to #16.

Moved the same way as Farrell

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Boys, Farrell went from #1040 to #4749 and Aaron from #33 to #113.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Boys, Farrell went from #1040 to #4749 and Adam from #16 to #38.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Boys, Farrell went from #1040 to #4749 and Alan from #163 to #255.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Boys, Farrell went from #1040 to #4749 and Alex from #43 to #91.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1982 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #286 in Republic of Ireland in 1990. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Farrell

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Farrell across 2 official records

Farrell by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Farrell across 2 official records

Farrell by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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