Masculine dossier · first seen 1897

Farris

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Farris
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1923

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1897Peak 19232024

Peak year

1923

Decline from peak

80.4%

2024

All-time

2,980

Farris has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1923, when 56 boys were named Farris.

In 2024, only 11 boys were given the name.

Down 80.4% from its peak.

All told, about 2,980 Americans have been named Farris and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1897.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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