# Pharrell (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/pharrell/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /fəˈɹɛl/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 460 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 460 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 450, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | 6,170 |
| 2012 | 11 | 7,416 |
| 2013 | 16 | 5,583 |
| 2014 | 23 | 4,361 |
| 2015 | 14 | 6,227 |
| 2016 | 14 | 6,270 |
| 2017 | 24 | 4,303 |
| 2018 | 19 | 5,057 |
| 2019 | 10 | 8,060 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8,561 |
| 2021 | 13 | 6,584 |
| 2022 | 6 | 11,954 |
| 2023 | 16 | 5,859 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8,813 |
| 2025 | 11 | 7,551 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 14 | 1,620 |
| 2011 | 14 | 1,600 |
| 2012 | 15 | 1,589 |
| 2013 | 28 | 1,001 |
| 2014 | 21 | 1,223 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,020 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,556 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,256 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.