Boys' name · since 1986
Felty
Felty has 11 recorded births since 1986 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2000 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #33,480 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 11
- born since 1986
- 2000s
- peak decade
Felty sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 11 recorded since 1986.
Felty has 11 recorded births among boys since 1986, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2000.
- #33,480 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 11 born since 1986
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Felty ranks #33,480 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 1986, peaking in the 2000s.
- #33,480 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 11
- born since 1986
- 2000s
- peak decade
Felty's 11 recorded births place it above 24.53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Felty's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Felty splits its recorded history at 2000: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1986 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2000 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Felty popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2000
- Peak year (2000)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Felty by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (6 births, 55% of the file).
2000s was Felty's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Felty births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Felty: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1986–2000 (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 Felty 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.