Girls' name · since 1961
Felisia
258 babies named Felisia in U.S. Social Security records since 1961, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,294 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 258
- born since 1961
- 1970s
- peak decade
258 girls have been named Felisia since 1961, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Felisia has been recorded 258 times among girls since 1961, 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 1961 to 2002.
- #17,294 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 258 born since 1961
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Felisia ranks #17,294 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 258 born since 1961, peaking in the 1970s.
- #17,294 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 258
- born since 1961
- 1970s
- peak decade
Felisia's 258 recorded births place it above 76.05% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Felisia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Felisia's full recorded timeline at 1977, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1974 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Felisia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–2002
- Peak year (1974)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Felisia by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (102 births, 40% of the file).
1970s was Felisia's strongest decade.
102 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Felisia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
63 births
- 1970s
1970s
102 births
- 1980s
1980s
77 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 102 births (40% of all-time use).
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What to do with Felisia's data
- Felisia's decade-level peak was the 1970s (102 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Felisia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1974)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1961–2002 (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 Felisia 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.