Felisha

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477

Peak · girls
1988 · 286 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,903
since 1953

Felisha over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Felisha has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #675, 1988girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
rankbirths
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2024#13,4776
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2019#13,7996
2018#15,6825
2017—
2016#11,7818
2015#16,4195
2014#10,12910
2013#10,23510
2012#7,14417
2011#7,78315
2010#6,38220
2009#8,05815
2008#5,01329
2007#5,89523
2006#4,81129
2005#5,11325
2004#4,94926
2003#3,94634
2002#2,85452
2001#2,74054
2000#2,63256
1999#2,36862
1998#2,04872
1997#1,78484
1996#1,288134
1995#1,169147
1994#1,053173
1993#887218
1992#827242
1991#789259
1990#774264
1989#693291
1988#675286
1987#680271
1986#707253
1985#732236
1984#997145
1983#1,169112
1982#972152
1981#1,036138
1980#1,023141
1979#942156
1978#939150
1977#789190
1976#909144
1975#886150
1974#960129
1973#1,074107
1972#967125
1971#1,19495
1970#1,24789
1969#1,35571
1968#1,53955
1967#1,44159
1966#1,47456
1965#1,82939
1964#1,97536
1963#2,61922
1962#3,16116
1961#2,41125
1960#2,98917
1959#3,10415
1958#3,92510
1957#4,2029
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1955#5,2086
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First appearance
1953

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 1990

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Felisha, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Felisha, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Felisha, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Felisha, so not publishedNHWashington: #681 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,151 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Felisha, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Felisha, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Felisha, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Felisha, so not publishedMNIllinois: #674 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 5,608 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Felisha, so not publishedWIMichigan: #817 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 7,809 girlsMINew York: #883 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 7,629 girlsNYMassachusetts: #680 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,456 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Felisha, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Felisha, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Felisha, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Felisha, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Felisha, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Felisha, so not publishedIAIndiana: #753 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,035 girlsINOhio: #820 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 8,862 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Felisha, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #964 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,593 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Felisha, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #838 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 6,906 girlsCAUtah: #405 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,259 girlsUTColorado: #590 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,154 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Felisha, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Felisha, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Felisha, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Felisha, so not publishedWVVirginia: #685 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,298 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Felisha, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Felisha, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Felisha, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: #155 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 663 girlsNMKansas: #423 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,792 girlsKSArkansas: #278 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,578 girlsARTennessee: #450 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,355 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #603 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,108 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #563 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,007 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Felisha, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Felisha, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Felisha, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Felisha, so not publishedMSAlabama: #461 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,211 girlsALGeorgia: #736 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,095 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Felisha, so not publishedHITexas: #720 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 5,503 girlsTXFlorida: #767 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 6,594 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Mexico#155 · 1 in 663
  2. Arkansas#278 · 1 in 1,578
  3. Utah#405 · 1 in 2,259
  4. Kansas#423 · 1 in 2,792
  5. Tennessee#450 · 1 in 3,355

Best ever in a state: #155 in New Mexico, 1990.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#155141 in 663
Arkansas#27881 in 1,578
Utah#40561 in 2,259
Kansas#42351 in 2,792
Tennessee#45091 in 3,355
Alabama#46171 in 3,211
South Carolina#56351 in 4,007
Colorado#59051 in 4,154
North Carolina#60381 in 5,108
Illinois#674141 in 5,608
Massachusetts#68061 in 6,456
Washington#68161 in 5,151
Virginia#68561 in 6,298
Texas#720251 in 5,503
Georgia#73671 in 6,095
Indiana#75351 in 7,035
Florida#767121 in 6,594
Michigan#81781 in 7,809
Ohio#82081 in 8,862
California#838381 in 6,906
New York#883161 in 7,629
New Jersey#96451 in 9,593
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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
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 265 spots in 1985 (#997 → #732)
  • Biggest drop: 197 spots in 1983 (#972 → #1,169)
Rise & fade · girls
35 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1953
  • Peaked 1988 at #675 (286 births)
  • Births halved by 1996, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 18 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1984–1993
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,227
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 34.3% of all girls named Felisha (2,025) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s47#3,104 (1959)#4,207
1960s396#1,355 (1969)#2,079
1970s1,335#789 (1977)#991
1980s2,025#675 (1988)#868
1990s1,655#774 (1990)#1,299
2000s343#2,632 (2000)#4,601
2010s96#6,382 (2010)#11,039
2020s6#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 1990

girls
#774
264 births · 1 in 7,191 girls

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #774Felisha264
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 7,191 of them was named Felisha, which outranked 94.9% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Felisha
  1. #771Bobbi265
  2. #771Jean265
  3. #771Mikaela265
  4. #774Felisha264
  5. #774Breann264
  6. #774Hallie264
  7. #774Julissa264
  8. #779Selena263
  9. #780Kelsea262
  10. #781Kathrine260

Tied with 4 names at #774; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,592Alannah#6,531 → #939
  2. ↑ 1,178Symone#1,998 → #820
  3. ↑ 869Shelbi#1,750 → #881
  4. ↑ 831Latifah#1,532 → #701
  5. ↑ 828Skyler#1,564 → #736
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,554Elizabet#524 → #3,078
  2. ↓ 1,572Katherin#717 → #2,289
  3. ↓ 652Stephani#390 → #1,042
  4. ↓ 504Ashanti#893 → #1,397
  5. ↓ 416Audrianna#759 → #1,175

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1990 →