Felisa
Felisa is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:given nameFelisa Batacan, Filipino journalist and writer of crime and mystery fiction Felisa Miceli, Argentine economist Felisa Núñez Cubero (1924-2017), Spanish physicist Felisa Rincón de Gautier (1897–1994), Puerto Rican politician Felisa Wolfe-Simon, American microbial geobiologist and biogeochemistsurnameAmedeo Felisa,…
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Felisa
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Felisa is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:given nameFelisa Batacan, Filipino journalist and writer of crime and mystery fiction Felisa Miceli, Argentine economist Felisa Núñez Cubero (1924-2017), Spanish physicist Felisa Rincón de Gautier (1897–1994), Puerto Rican politician Felisa Wolfe-Simon, American microbial geobiologist and biogeochemistsurnameAmedeo Felisa,…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Felisa
The earliest SSA record of Felisa as a baby girl name dates back to 1914, when 5 babies received it. 1970 was its biggest year on record, with 92 newborns named Felisa — #1,212 in the national rankings. The 1970s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 30% of all recorded Felisas. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2024 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 2K Felisas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Felisa
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Names that sound like Felisa
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About the name Felisa
Felisa is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1914 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Felisa's peak popularity came in 1970 when it ranked #1,212. Use the chart and map above to compare Felisa's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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