Felisha
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477
- Peak · girls
- 1988 · 286 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,903since 1953
Felisha over time
Rank among girls' names. Felisha has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 |
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| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 |
| 2012 | #7,144 | 17 |
| 2011 | #7,783 | 15 |
| 2010 | #6,382 | 20 |
| 2009 | #8,058 | 15 |
| 2008 | #5,013 | 29 |
| 2007 | #5,895 | 23 |
| 2006 | #4,811 | 29 |
| 2005 | #5,113 | 25 |
| 2004 | #4,949 | 26 |
| 2003 | #3,946 | 34 |
| 2002 | #2,854 | 52 |
| 2001 | #2,740 | 54 |
| 2000 | #2,632 | 56 |
| 1999 | #2,368 | 62 |
| 1998 | #2,048 | 72 |
| 1997 | #1,784 | 84 |
| 1996 | #1,288 | 134 |
| 1995 | #1,169 | 147 |
| 1994 | #1,053 | 173 |
| 1993 | #887 | 218 |
| 1992 | #827 | 242 |
| 1991 | #789 | 259 |
| 1990 | #774 | 264 |
| 1989 | #693 | 291 |
| 1988 | #675 | 286 |
| 1987 | #680 | 271 |
| 1986 | #707 | 253 |
| 1985 | #732 | 236 |
| 1984 | #997 | 145 |
| 1983 | #1,169 | 112 |
| 1982 | #972 | 152 |
| 1981 | #1,036 | 138 |
| 1980 | #1,023 | 141 |
| 1979 | #942 | 156 |
| 1978 | #939 | 150 |
| 1977 | #789 | 190 |
| 1976 | #909 | 144 |
| 1975 | #886 | 150 |
| 1974 | #960 | 129 |
| 1973 | #1,074 | 107 |
| 1972 | #967 | 125 |
| 1971 | #1,194 | 95 |
| 1970 | #1,247 | 89 |
| 1969 | #1,355 | 71 |
| 1968 | #1,539 | 55 |
| 1967 | #1,441 | 59 |
| 1966 | #1,474 | 56 |
| 1965 | #1,829 | 39 |
| 1964 | #1,975 | 36 |
| 1963 | #2,619 | 22 |
| 1962 | #3,161 | 16 |
| 1961 | #2,411 | 25 |
| 1960 | #2,989 | 17 |
| 1959 | #3,104 | 15 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 |
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| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 |
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| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Felisha! It came in at #4,595, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1954, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Felisha is popular in 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Mississippi#318 · 1 in 1,733
- South Carolina#487 · 1 in 3,841
- Florida#522 · 1 in 4,044
- Georgia#529 · 1 in 4,497
- Missouri#609 · 1 in 6,256
Best ever in a state: #155 in New Mexico, 1990.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Mississippi | #318 | 10 | 1 in 1,733 |
| South Carolina | #487 | 5 | 1 in 3,841 |
| Florida | #522 | 11 | 1 in 4,044 |
| Georgia | #529 | 8 | 1 in 4,497 |
| Missouri | #609 | 5 | 1 in 6,256 |
| Texas | #651 | 18 | 1 in 5,354 |
| Illinois | #912 | 7 | 1 in 10,657 |
| Ohio | #991 | 5 | 1 in 14,890 |
| California | #1,447 | 7 | 1 in 19,582 |
| New York | #1,535 | 5 | 1 in 22,168 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Felisha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 265 spots in 1985 (#997 → #732)
- Biggest drop: 197 spots in 1983 (#972 → #1,169)
- Debuted 1953
- Peaked 1988 at #675 (286 births)
- Births halved by 1996, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1984–1993
- Highest: 1 in 6,227 girls born in 1988 were named Felisha (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 270,032 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 34.3% of all girls named Felisha (2,025) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 47 | #3,104 (1959) | #4,207 |
| 1960s | 396 | #1,355 (1969) | #2,079 |
| 1970s | 1,335 | #789 (1977) | #991 |
| 1980s | 2,025 | #675 (1988) | #868 |
| 1990s | 1,655 | #774 (1990) | #1,299 |
| 2000s | 343 | #2,632 (2000) | #4,601 |
| 2010s | 96 | #6,382 (2010) | #11,039 |
| 2020s | 6 | #13,477 (2024) | #13,477 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Felisha in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 12,170 of them was named Felisha, which outranked 90.0% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #963Corrine126
- #963Flora126
- #963Latrina126
- #967Felisha125
- #967Jenniffer125
- #967Rolanda125
- #967Shea125
- #972Celena124
- #972Juliette124
- #972Lasonya124
Tied with 4 names at #967; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.