Felma — girls' name
113 babies named Felma in U.S. Social Security records since 1905, with the highest year being 1915. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
44% of everyone ever named Felma was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Felma in 1915 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Felma
The Social Security Administration has registered 113 babies named Felma between 1905 and 1939, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Felma currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1939. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Felma performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 50 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Felma shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Felma 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 113 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.
Felma at a glance
Last recorded 1939Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Felma popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1939–1905
- Peak year (1915)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1939.
113 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1915 with 12 births in a single year.
Felma by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 50 births that decade — 44% of Felma's all-time total
Felma decade highlights
- Peak decade 50 births
- Runner-up 33 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Felma's strongest decade
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
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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, 1905–1939 (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.