Feather — girls' name

What the Data Says About Feather

The Social Security Administration has registered 554 babies named Feather between 1974 and 2023, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Feather currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 56 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Feather performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 145 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Feather shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 35 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Oklahoma and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Feather in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Feather in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 554 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.