Felisa — #15385 US girls' name
2,021 babies named Felisa in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 13% of names given to girls today.
30% of everyone ever named Felisa was born in this single decade.
92 babies were named Felisa in 1970 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Felisa
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,021 babies named Felisa between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Felisa currently holds the #15385 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 92 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Felisa performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 602 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Felisa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 214 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Felisa in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Felisa 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 2,021 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.
Felisa at a glance
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Current rank
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Felisa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1914
- Peak year (1970)
- 92
- Annual births at peak — across 111 years of records
Currently ranks #15385 among girls.
2,021 total births across 111 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 92 births in a single year.
Felisa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 602 births that decade — 30% of Felisa's all-time total
Felisa decade highlights
- Peak decade 602 births
- Runner-up 572 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Felisa's strongest decade
602 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Felisa by state
Where Felisa concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 214 | 10.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 128 | 6.3% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 60 | 3.0% |
| #4 | Alabama | | 42 | 2.1% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 29 | 1.4% |
| #6 | Florida | | 25 | 1.2% |
| #7 | New York | | 24 | 1.2% |
| #8 | Hawaii | | 17 | 0.8% |
214 of 2,021 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 17 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 10.6% of nationwide
- Texas 6.3% of nationwide
- Georgia 3.0% of nationwide
- Alabama 2.1% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 17 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 10.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Felisa appears in 17 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1914–2024 (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.