Felecia vs Felisa

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Felecia Felisa

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 107 years in which either name was published, Felecia for 89 years and Felisa for 18 years. The lead changed hands 15 times.

• 1908–1920 Felecia ahead, apart from one short spell
• 1930–1932 Felisa ahead
• 1935–2008 Felecia ahead
• 2013–2024 Felisa ahead

11 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.

Side by side

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Felecias alive today are over 54; half the Felisas are over 52. That is 2 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

Where each one is strongest

• Felecia Alabama (5.0×), Mississippi (4.4×), Georgia (3.3×)
• Felisa Alabama (3.7×), Georgia (3.5×), California (3.5×)

How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.

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