Felton
Felton is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 7 births. Its best rank was 522nd, in 1904.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 70.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1948127 births
- Best rank
- #522in 1904
- Since 1888
- 6,588people given the name
The story in the numbers
6,588 boys have been named Felton in the United States since 1888, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1948, with 127 births.
The name has all but left use: 7 births in 2024, against 127 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1947, and the 1950s alone account for 15%. It has spent 72 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Felton | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7 | |
| 1890s | 29 | |
| 1900s | 131 | |
| 1910s | 591 | |
| 1920s | 934 | |
| 1930s | 838 | |
| 1940s | 1,006 | |
| 1950s | 1,021 | |
| 1960s | 721 | |
| 1970s | 459 | |
| 1980s | 357 | |
| 1990s | 226 | |
| 2000s | 136 | |
| 2010s | 102 | |
| 2020s | 30 |
In 1948, its biggest year
Felton was the 599th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1948 were James, Robert, John, William and David. See all of 1948.
Names that rose and fell with Felton
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ezellpeak 1951
- Altonpeak 1937
- Stanfordpeak 1954
- Collispeak 1952
- Reynoldpeak 1922
- Tommiepeak 1947
- Hiltonpeak 1920
- Artispeak 1951
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.