Farley
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
Farley is a name, meaning “fern”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies).
What does Farley mean?
“fern”
A male given name transferred from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Farley a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Farley has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK.
How popular is Farley in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,511among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Farley, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 17 boys.
Half of all the boys named Farley in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2024, 27% of the babies named Farley in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Farley in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,037 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 12 | #1,990 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 13 | #1,799 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,542 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 12 | #1,810 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
Names like Farley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Farley
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Farley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/farley, updated 20 October 2026.