Girls' name · since 1960
Felissa
282 babies named Felissa in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,441 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 282
- born since 1960
- 1970s
- peak decade
Felissa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 282 recorded since 1960.
Felissa has 282 recorded births among girls since 1960, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 2003.
- #16,441 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 282 born since 1960
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Felissa ranks #16,441 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 282 born since 1960, peaking in the 1970s.
- #16,441 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 282
- born since 1960
- 1970s
- peak decade
Felissa's 282 recorded births place it above 77.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Felissa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Felissa's SSA record in two at 1977 and the more recent half accounts for 41% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 59%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1960, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1970 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Felissa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–2003
- Peak year (1970)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Felissa by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (117 births, 41% of the file).
1970s was Felissa's strongest decade.
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Felissa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
81 births
- 1970s
1970s
117 births
- 1980s
1980s
54 births
- 1990s 24
1990s
24 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 117 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Felissa's decade-level peak was the 1970s (117 total births); usage has since declined to 6 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 Felissa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1970)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1960–2003 (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 Felissa 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.