Girls' name · since 1963
Felesha
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.
- #21,064 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 177
- born since 1963
- 1970s
- peak decade
Felesha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 177 recorded since 1963.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Felesha has been recorded 177 times among girls since 1963, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1963 to 1993.
- #21,064 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 177 born since 1963
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Felesha ranks #21,064 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 177 born since 1963, peaking in the 1970s.
- #21,064 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 177
- born since 1963
- 1970s
- peak decade
Felesha's 177 recorded births place it above 70.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Felesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Felesha's SSA record in two at 1980 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1963, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1971 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Felesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–1993
- Peak year (1971)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Felesha by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (79 births, 45% of the file).
1970s was Felesha's strongest decade.
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Felesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 16
1960s
16 births
- 1970s
1970s
79 births
- 1980s
1980s
50 births
- 1990s
1990s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 79 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Felesha's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (79 total births) through the 1990s (32) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Felesha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1971)
Similar record span (~30 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1963–1993 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Felesha draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.