How Many People Are Named Felita?
An estimated 659 people in the United States have the first name Felita. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 58 years old, and Felita peaked in popularity in 1968 with 53 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Felita 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 Felita paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
659
About 1 in 520,113 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
58
years old
Peak Year
1968
53 births
Total Registered
783
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Felita
Felita is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 783 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Felita as a female name
Ranked #14,216 in 1993
5 female births in 1993
Peak: 1968 (53 births)
Felita: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Felita span from the 1950s to the 1990s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1960s, when 388 babies were registered. Felita has declined significantly from its peak in the 1960s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Felita by Decade
How has Felita 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.
Felita by State
Birth registrations for Felita span all 7 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in Georgia, Texas, New York. The lowest are in North Carolina, Florida, Mississippi. On average, about 14 Felitas were registered per state.
Felita + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Felita as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Felita
Other first names starting with F with a similar number of bearers.
Felita: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Felita?
We estimate approximately 659 people named Felita 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 520,113 Americans share this first name.
Is Felita a common name?
Felita is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 87.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 783 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Felita most popular?
Felita reached peak popularity in 1968, when 53 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Felita is approximately 58 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Felita a female name?
Felita is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Felita Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Felita Smith, Felita Johnson, Felita 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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