Felesha — girls' name
177 babies named Felesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
45% of everyone ever named Felesha was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Felesha in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Felesha
The Social Security Administration has registered 177 babies named Felesha between 1963 and 1993, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Felesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Felesha performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 79 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Felesha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Felesha 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 177 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.
Felesha at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Felesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1963
- Peak year (1971)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
177 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 13 births in a single year.
Felesha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 79 births that decade — 45% of Felesha's all-time total
Felesha decade highlights
- Peak decade 79 births
- Runner-up 50 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Felesha's strongest decade
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1963–1993 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.