Felipe
Felipe is ranked 924th among boys in 2024 (250 births). Its best rank was 373rd, in 1981.
- Rank in 2024
- #924down 59 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2500.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2001602 births
- Best rank
- #373in 1981
- Since 1880
- 31,577people given the name
The story in the numbers
31,577 boys have been named Felipe in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2001, with 602 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 718 → 924).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1989, and the 2000s alone account for 18%. It has spent 137 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Felipe | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 45 | |
| 1890s | 73 | |
| 1900s | 141 | |
| 1910s | 520 | |
| 1920s | 1,199 | |
| 1930s | 1,066 | |
| 1940s | 1,329 | |
| 1950s | 1,849 | |
| 1960s | 2,285 | |
| 1970s | 3,305 | |
| 1980s | 4,240 | |
| 1990s | 5,356 | |
| 2000s | 5,583 | |
| 2010s | 3,254 | |
| 2020s | 1,332 |
In 2001, its biggest year
Felipe was the 417th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2001 were Jacob, Michael, Matthew, Joshua and Christopher. See all of 2001.
Names that rose and fell with Felipe
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Pedropeak 2000
- Alfredopeak 1993
- Franciscopeak 1993
- Antoniopeak 1997
- Salvadorpeak 1992
- Josepeak 2002
- Bernardopeak 1995
- Juanpeak 2005
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.