Felton

Last seen for girls in 1933 at #4,218 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #9,894
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1904 · 18 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
6,588
since 1888

Felton over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Felton has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201947peak #515, 1904boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025——
2024—#9,8947
2023—#12,2395
2022—#9,8237
2021—#12,1465
2020—#10,6056
2019—#6,10414
2018—#8,8198
2017—#5,78815
2016—#9,6647
2015—#8,7448
2014—#7,56210
2013—#7,02611
2012—#10,7706
2011—#9,6007
2010—#5,47816
2009—#6,09514
2008—#7,18711
2007—#5,90114
2006—#5,07217
2005—#7,6409
2004—#5,81313
2003—#4,81516
2002—#4,91915
2001—#5,66712
2000—#4,78515
1999—#3,83419
1998—#3,09225
1997—#3,35121
1996—#3,40620
1995—#3,43219
1994—#3,46919
1993—#5,00211
1992—#2,21434
1991—#2,34430
1990—#2,43228
1989—#1,91938
1988—#2,03531
1987—#2,11528
1986—#2,36023
1985—#1,72435
1984—#1,55639
1983—#1,56238
1982—#1,41545
1981—#1,45643
1980—#1,59337
1979—#1,37046
1978—#1,37145
1977—#1,54636
1976—#1,34643
1975—#1,55933
1974—#1,38838
1973—#1,12353
1972—#1,13751
1971—#1,07058
1970—#1,09356
1969—#1,05054
1968—#92062
1967—#87567
1966—#89565
1965—#79687
1964—#83183
1963—#84780
1962—#89173
1961—#90172
1960—#85279
1959—#77697
1958—#715109
1957—#714109
1956—#77092
1955—#73698
1954—#688110
1953—#657116
1952—#71497
1951—#677106
1950—#74186
1949—#649111
1948—#592128
1947—#667107
1946—#65497
1945—#67679
1944—#64292
1943—#67789
1942—#619104
1941—#584103
1940—#60296
1939—#65283
1938—#68079
1937—#58198
1936—#62587
1935—#61890
1934—#69477
1933#4,2185#68575
1932—#62291
1931—#73370
1930—#66288
1929—#63992
1928—#68386
1927—#629100
1926—#65194
1925—#64996
1924—#68391
1923—#74577
1922—#597117
1921—#642100
1920—#72181
1919—#586105
1918—#79667
1917—#63687
1916—#65780
1915—#65279
1914—#67856
1913—#87131
1912—#66840
1911—#66722
1910—#58224
1909—#67916
1908—#87710
1907—#59118
1906—#64014
1905—#54918
1904—#51518
1903—#73410
1902—#74410
1901—#7279
1900—#9688
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1898—#66311
1897—#7878
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1895—#1,0795
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1892—#1,0665
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1888—#8157
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First appearance
1888

The first year at least five boys were named Felton! It came in at #815, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1889–1896, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Felton is popular in 1947

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Felton, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Felton, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Felton, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Felton, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Felton, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Felton, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Felton, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Felton, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Felton, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Felton, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Felton, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Felton, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Felton, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Felton, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Felton, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Felton, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Felton, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Felton, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Felton, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Felton, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Felton, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Felton, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Felton, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Felton, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Felton, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #758 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 23,887 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Felton, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Felton, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Felton, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Felton, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Felton, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Felton, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Felton, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Felton, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Felton, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Felton, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Felton, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Felton, so not publishedKSArkansas: #337 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,005 boysARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Felton, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #482 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 7,609 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Felton, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Felton, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Felton, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #284 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 2,268 boysLAMississippi: #423 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,831 boysMSAlabama: #380 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,992 boysALGeorgia: #224 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 1,877 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Felton, so not publishedHITexas: #602 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 8,171 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Felton, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Georgia#224 · 1 in 1,877
  2. Louisiana#284 · 1 in 2,268
  3. Arkansas#337 · 1 in 4,005
  4. Alabama#380 · 1 in 4,992
  5. Mississippi#423 · 1 in 5,831

Best ever in a state: #99 in Louisiana, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Georgia#224241 in 1,877
Louisiana#284151 in 2,268
Arkansas#33761 in 4,005
Alabama#38081 in 4,992
Mississippi#42351 in 5,831
North Carolina#48271 in 7,609
Texas#602121 in 8,171
California#75851 in 23,887
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Felton
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 241 spots in 1901 (#968 → #727)
  • Biggest drop: 286 spots in 1908 (#591 → #877)
Rise & fade · boys
16 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 1904 at #515 (18 births)
  • Births halved by 2005, 101 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 72 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 72 yrs · run 1900–1968
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,118
  • Highest: 1 in 7,118 boys born in 1904 were named Felton (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 246,127 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 15.5% of all boys named Felton (1,020) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s7#815 (1888)#815
1890s29#663 (1898)#899
1900s131#515 (1904)#702
1910s591#582 (1910)#679
1920s934#597 (1922)#664
1930s838#581 (1937)#655
1940s1,006#584 (1941)#636
1950s1,020#657 (1953)#719
1960s722#796 (1965)#886
1970s459#1,070 (1971)#1,300
1980s357#1,415 (1982)#1,774
1990s226#2,214 (1992)#3,258
2000s136#4,785 (2000)#5,789
2010s102#5,478 (2010)#7,956
2020s30#9,823 (2022)#10,941

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Felton in 1947

boys
#667
107 births · 1 in 17,099 boys

Top boys' names in 1947

  1. #1James94,767
  2. #2Robert91,655
  3. #3John88,324
  4. #4William67,002
  5. #5Richard58,532
  6. #6David57,810
  7. #7Michael50,506
  8. #8Thomas44,842
  9. #9Charles40,781
  10. #10Larry34,946
  11. #667Felton107
More about 1947

boys

1,829,599 boys got a published name in 1947; 1 in 17,099 of them was named Felton, which outranked 84.4% of the 4,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Felton
  1. #663Emile108
  2. #663Humberto108
  3. #663Santiago108
  4. #667Felton107
  5. #668Adolph106
  6. #668Bud106
  7. #668Burl106
Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,271Brock#2,271 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 586Shawn#1,509 → #923
  3. ↑ 500Jed#1,475 → #975
  4. ↑ 358Jody#935 → #577
  5. ↑ 355Deryl#1,355 → #1,000
Fallers
  1. ↓ 497Hurley#952 → #1,449
  2. ↓ 393Prentice#878 → #1,271
  3. ↓ 362Darvin#935 → #1,297
  4. ↓ 310Lary#826 → #1,136
  5. ↓ 303Judith#856 → #1,159

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

See the top 100 for 1947 →