Felipe
Felipe was given to 244 boys in 2025, #955 among boys’ names; 31,958 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 26,300 Americans named Felipe and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (82% of everyone recorded); the median is 32 years old and half are between 20 and 47.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Felipe by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Felipe mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Felipe is “a male given name from Portuguese or Spanish, equivalent to English Philip.”
Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish Felipe.
/fəˈliːpeɪ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Felipe?
#955 among boys’ names, 2025
Felipe fell from #799 in 2015 to #955 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.15 to 0.14 per 1,000.
606 babies in 1993, the peak
Felipe peaked in 1993, when 606 babies were given it (594 boys, #387 among boys’ names). The 244 births of 2025 are 40% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 244 | #955 | 0.14 |
| 2024 | 251 | #924 | 0.15 |
| 2023 | 274 | #866 | 0.16 |
| 2022 | 286 | #851 | 0.16 |
| 2021 | 264 | #877 | 0.15 |
| 2020 | 259 | #872 | 0.15 |
| 2019 | 281 | #812 | 0.16 |
| 2018 | 287 | #791 | 0.16 |
| 2017 | 301 | #779 | 0.16 |
| 2016 | 305 | #780 | 0.16 |
Every recorded year (140)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 293 | #799 | 0.15 |
| 2014 | 336 | #719 | 0.17 |
| 2013 | 322 | #725 | 0.17 |
| 2012 | 349 | #678 | 0.18 |
| 2011 | 358 | #658 | 0.19 |
| 2010 | 423 | #590 | 0.22 |
| 2009 | 472 | #558 | 0.24 |
| 2008 | 492 | #538 | 0.24 |
| 2007 | 564 | #476 | 0.27 |
| 2006 | 591 | #458 | 0.29 |
| 2005 | 582 | #445 | 0.29 |
| 2004 | 590 | #441 | 0.30 |
| 2003 | 563 | #443 | 0.29 |
| 2002 | 544 | #452 | 0.28 |
| 2001 | 602 | #417 | 0.31 |
| 2000 | 583 | #424 | 0.30 |
| 1999 | 502 | #456 | 0.26 |
| 1998 | 494 | #456 | 0.26 |
| 1997 | 522 | #434 | 0.28 |
| 1996 | 503 | #449 | 0.27 |
| 1995 | 555 | #413 | 0.29 |
| 1994 | 545 | #420 | 0.28 |
| 1993 | 594 | #387 | 0.30 |
| 1992 | 543 | #414 | 0.27 |
| 1991 | 576 | #394 | 0.29 |
| 1990 | 523 | #426 | 0.25 |
| 1989 | 487 | #425 | 0.24 |
| 1988 | 430 | #436 | 0.22 |
| 1987 | 390 | #449 | 0.21 |
| 1986 | 434 | #409 | 0.24 |
| 1985 | 389 | #432 | 0.21 |
| 1984 | 377 | #429 | 0.21 |
| 1983 | 465 | #375 | 0.26 |
| 1982 | 387 | #424 | 0.21 |
| 1981 | 471 | #373 | 0.26 |
| 1980 | 411 | #399 | 0.23 |
| 1979 | 369 | #414 | 0.21 |
| 1978 | 372 | #399 | 0.23 |
| 1977 | 332 | #435 | 0.20 |
| 1976 | 373 | #402 | 0.24 |
| 1975 | 370 | #398 | 0.24 |
| 1974 | 313 | #448 | 0.20 |
| 1973 | 286 | #461 | 0.18 |
| 1972 | 287 | #464 | 0.18 |
| 1971 | 313 | #462 | 0.18 |
| 1970 | 289 | #473 | 0.16 |
| 1969 | 258 | #476 | 0.14 |
| 1968 | 256 | #473 | 0.15 |
| 1967 | 219 | #508 | 0.13 |
| 1966 | 228 | #502 | 0.13 |
| 1965 | 221 | #512 | 0.12 |
| 1964 | 218 | #531 | 0.11 |
| 1963 | 214 | #541 | 0.11 |
| 1962 | 235 | #516 | 0.11 |
| 1961 | 231 | #524 | 0.11 |
| 1960 | 204 | #552 | 0.10 |
| 1959 | 218 | #533 | 0.10 |
| 1958 | 190 | #560 | 0.09 |
| 1957 | 198 | #548 | 0.09 |
| 1956 | 185 | #558 | 0.09 |
| 1955 | 192 | #528 | 0.09 |
| 1954 | 178 | #546 | 0.09 |
| 1953 | 174 | #540 | 0.09 |
| 1952 | 184 | #514 | 0.09 |
| 1951 | 168 | #528 | 0.09 |
| 1950 | 163 | #530 | 0.09 |
| 1949 | 161 | #525 | 0.09 |
| 1948 | 163 | #516 | 0.09 |
| 1947 | 134 | #586 | 0.07 |
| 1946 | 135 | #548 | 0.08 |
| 1945 | 154 | #485 | 0.11 |
| 1944 | 132 | #529 | 0.10 |
| 1943 | 145 | #519 | 0.10 |
| 1942 | 115 | #581 | 0.08 |
| 1941 | 96 | #615 | 0.08 |
| 1940 | 94 | #613 | 0.08 |
| 1939 | 98 | #579 | 0.09 |
| 1938 | 80 | #675 | 0.07 |
| 1937 | 93 | #600 | 0.09 |
| 1936 | 103 | #567 | 0.10 |
| 1935 | 98 | #583 | 0.09 |
| 1934 | 123 | #526 | 0.12 |
| 1933 | 113 | #537 | 0.11 |
| 1932 | 97 | #597 | 0.09 |
| 1931 | 122 | #524 | 0.12 |
| 1930 | 139 | #506 | 0.13 |
| 1929 | 96 | #623 | 0.09 |
| 1928 | 129 | #535 | 0.12 |
| 1927 | 130 | #541 | 0.12 |
| 1926 | 151 | #489 | 0.14 |
| 1925 | 124 | #555 | 0.11 |
| 1924 | 124 | #575 | 0.11 |
| 1923 | 107 | #614 | 0.10 |
| 1922 | 128 | #560 | 0.12 |
| 1921 | 102 | #635 | 0.09 |
| 1920 | 108 | #604 | 0.10 |
| 1919 | 95 | #620 | 0.10 |
| 1918 | 99 | #619 | 0.10 |
| 1917 | 72 | #733 | 0.08 |
| 1916 | 54 | #858 | 0.06 |
| 1915 | 48 | #898 | 0.06 |
| 1914 | 44 | #798 | 0.07 |
| 1913 | 35 | #809 | 0.07 |
| 1912 | 29 | #822 | 0.07 |
| 1911 | 25 | #615 | 0.11 |
| 1910 | 19 | #687 | 0.10 |
| 1909 | 19 | #626 | 0.12 |
| 1908 | 17 | #639 | 0.11 |
| 1907 | 12 | #789 | 0.08 |
| 1906 | 22 | #478 | 0.17 |
| 1905 | 10 | #806 | 0.08 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,113 | 0.05 |
| 1903 | 13 | #628 | 0.11 |
| 1902 | 15 | #563 | 0.12 |
| 1901 | 13 | #572 | 0.12 |
| 1900 | 14 | #686 | 0.09 |
| 1899 | 7 | #888 | 0.07 |
| 1897 | 10 | #696 | 0.09 |
| 1896 | 10 | #743 | 0.08 |
| 1895 | 8 | #817 | 0.07 |
| 1893 | 9 | #722 | 0.08 |
| 1892 | 12 | #613 | 0.10 |
| 1891 | 9 | #662 | 0.09 |
| 1890 | 8 | #771 | 0.07 |
| 1888 | 7 | #854 | 0.06 |
| 1886 | 12 | #556 | 0.11 |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,024 | 0.04 |
| 1883 | 6 | #828 | 0.06 |
| 1882 | 7 | #785 | 0.06 |
| 1880 | 8 | #702 | 0.07 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Felipe a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Felipe has been given almost only to boys: 133 girls in 140 years of records.
Girls and boys named Felipe: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Felipe, and how old are they?
26,300 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 82% of the 31,958 Americans ever recorded as Felipe. The median Felipe alive today is 32 years old; half are between 20 and 47.
The 2020 Census counted 58,515 people named Felipe (185 women and girls, 58,330 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 25,778 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.3 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 404 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,400 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 4,370 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 7,380 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 8,100 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,680 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Felipe born?
The states with the most babies named Felipe are Florida, California and Texas, with 65% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 44 | #436 | 1.4× |
| California | 43 | #646 | 2.4× |
| Texas | 41 | #695 | 3.8× |
| New York | 11 | #1,072 | 0.7× |
| Georgia | 10 | #870 | 0.4× |
| Tennessee | 9 | #736 | 0.1× |
| Washington | 8 | #751 | 0.5× |
| Pennsylvania | 8 | #945 | 0.1× |
| Illinois | 7 | #1,060 | 0.8× |
| Massachusetts | 6 | #724 | 0.4× |
Where Felipe is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Felipe is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 3.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Felipe with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Felipe
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Felipe and names like it
- Compare Felipe and PedroBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sFelipe peaked in 1993.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Felipe since 1910.
- Portuguese namesWiktionary’s origin for Felipe: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1993The year the most babies were named Felipe.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Felipe alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with FMost given first.