How Many People Are Named Felesha?
An estimated 163 people in the United States have the first name Felesha. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 46 years old, and Felesha peaked in popularity in 1971 with 13 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Felesha as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Felesha paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
163
About 1 in 2,102,787 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
46
years old
Peak Year
1971
13 births
Total Registered
177
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Felesha
Felesha is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 177 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Felesha as a female name
Ranked #9,871 in 1993
8 female births in 1993
Peak: 1971 (13 births)
Felesha: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Felesha span from the 1960s to the 1990s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1970s, when 79 babies were registered. While Felesha is less common than at its peak in the 1970s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Felesha by Decade
How has Felesha tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Felesha + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Felesha as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Felesha: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Felesha?
We estimate approximately 163 people named Felesha are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 2,102,787 Americans share this first name.
Is Felesha a common name?
Felesha is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 71.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 177 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Felesha most popular?
Felesha reached peak popularity in 1971, when 13 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Felesha is approximately 46 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Felesha a female name?
Felesha is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Felesha Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Felesha Smith, Felesha Johnson, Felesha Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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