Felton — #9892 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Felton

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,588 babies named Felton between 1888 and 2024, spanning 137 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Felton currently holds the #9892 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1948, when 127 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Felton performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 1,021 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Felton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 1,348 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Felton in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Felton 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 6,588 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.