Farren

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

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

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

Farren: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,343 in 2008, and it stood at #3,688 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
43times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1343highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#2738
1998	#3142
1999	#2770
2004	#2530
2005	#4798
2006	#4157
2007	#4294
2009	#4564
2010	#4012
2011	#3549
2012	#5876
2014	#4003
2016	#3609
2017	#4063
2018	#5666
2019	#5591
2021	#5581
2022	#5669
2024	#4843

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 23 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3126 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1343 among boys in England and Wales, in 2008 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Farren appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 23 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 149 births with the name.

Farren 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.

Farren'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
England and Wales · Boys	#2020 (1996)	#1343 (2008)	#3688 (2024)	23 of 29	149 (1996–2024)	17 (2008)
England and Wales · Girls	#3126 (1996)	#2530 (2004)	#4843 (2024)	20 of 29	86 (1996–2024)	7 (2004)

Farren 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 Farren in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	17	3 of 10	6
2000sbusiest	58	8 of 10	7
2010s	63	9 of 10	7
2020s	11	3 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Farren appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1343 in England and Wales in 2008.

Farren'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
2024	England and Wales	female	#4843	4	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3609	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2459	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1920	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2117	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2194	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2199	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2837	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1343	17	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1534	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2530	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,343, first reached in 2008.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

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 1 registrar, 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.

Aiyana · #1343, 27y
Melia · #1343, 22y
Ramla · #1343, 28y
Betsan · #1342, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aiyana · #1343, 27y
Ramla · #1343, 28y
Betsan · #1342, 27y
Hanzalah · #1342, 28y

Farren 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 Farren without appearing here.

Farren moved ahead of

Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2837 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1920 and #4685.
Martine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4294 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #4012 and #5707.
Rian Compare
In 2013 they stood at #5876 and #4838 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4003 and #5691.
Maddison Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3651 and #3651 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1534 and #3208.

Moved ahead of Farren

Maren Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4063 and #5765 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #3518.
Harper Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2530 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #4798 and #2682.
Finn Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4063 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #3519.
Eabha Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3609 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4063 and #2201.

Moved the opposite way to Farren

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Farren went from #3126 to #4843 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Farren went from #2020 to #3688 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Farren went from #2020 to #3688 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Farren went from #2020 to #3688 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.

Moved the same way as Farren

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Farren went from #2020 to #3688 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Farren went from #3126 to #4843 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Farren went from #2020 to #3688 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Farren went from #3126 to #4843 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.

What's not yet available

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1343 in England and Wales in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Farren

Farren at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Farren across 2 official records

Farren by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Farren appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Farren and the names beside it

Farren moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Farren

Moved the opposite way to Farren

Moved the same way as Farren

Farren at a glance

Farren across 2 official records

Farren by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Farren appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Farren and the names beside it

Farren moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Farren

Moved the opposite way to Farren

Moved the same way as Farren