Felita
Last seen for girls in 1993 at #13,442
- Peak · girls
- 1968 · 53 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 783since 1954
Felita over time
Rank among girls' names. Felita has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
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| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 |
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| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 |
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| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 |
| 1981 | #5,571 | 12 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 |
| 1978 | #4,679 | 14 |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 |
| 1976 | #3,095 | 23 |
| 1975 | #3,637 | 18 |
| 1974 | #3,863 | 16 |
| 1973 | #2,405 | 31 |
| 1972 | #2,356 | 31 |
| 1971 | #2,375 | 32 |
| 1970 | #2,267 | 34 |
| 1969 | #2,102 | 36 |
| 1968 | #1,575 | 53 |
| 1967 | #1,921 | 37 |
| 1966 | #1,766 | 41 |
| 1965 | #1,829 | 39 |
| 1964 | #1,947 | 37 |
| 1963 | #1,839 | 40 |
| 1962 | #2,264 | 28 |
| 1961 | #1,838 | 39 |
| 1960 | #1,835 | 38 |
| 1959 | #2,108 | 29 |
| 1958 | #1,985 | 31 |
| 1957 | #2,218 | 25 |
| 1956 | #3,321 | 13 |
| 1955 | #3,571 | 11 |
| 1954 | #3,718 | 10 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Felita! It came in at #3,718, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1982–1984, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Felita is popular in 1968
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#563 · 1 in 5,380
- New York#1,178 · 1 in 19,463
Best ever in a state: #407 in Mississippi, 1969.
Show every state
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| Georgia | #563 | 7 | 1 in 5,380 |
| New York | #1,178 | 7 | 1 in 19,463 |
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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 Felita
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1993
- Debuted 1954
- Peaked 1968 at #1,575 (53 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 30,951 girls born in 1968 were named Felita (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 361,814 girls born in 1993 (0.00%)
- 49.6% of all girls named Felita (388) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1950s | 119 | #1,985 (1958) | #2,820 |
| 1960s | 388 | #1,575 (1968) | #1,892 |
| 1970s | 218 | #2,267 (1970) | #3,726 |
| 1980s | 48 | #5,571 (1981) | #9,157 |
| 1990s | 10 | #12,958 (1990) | #13,200 |
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.
Felita in 1968
Top girls' names in 1968
More about 1968
girls
1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 30,951 of them was named Felita, which outranked 80.8% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,559Shantell54
- #1,559Toby54
- #1,559Winona54
- #1,575Felita53
- #1,575Brook53
- #1,575Cecile53
- #1,575Dreama53
- #1,594Alta52
- #1,594Christiane52
- #1,594Darnell52
Tied with 18 names at #1,575; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.