How rare is the name Felipe?

58,515 people in the United States have the first name Felipe, about 1 in 5,162. It ranks #813 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

FELIPE

#813

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
58,515
About
1 in 5,162
This common or more
67%
Who bears it

Of the 58,515 people named Felipe, 90.7% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 6.1% as White and 2.1% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Felipe peaked in 1993, when 606 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1993
Births that year
606
In 2025*
244 ▼60%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 31,958 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Felipe by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #894. The largest share of babies named Felipe, 25.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#1,79045
1890s#1,88073
1900s#1,579141
1910s#1,530520
1920s#1,2181,204
1930s#1,1921,066
1940s#1,1941,329
1950s#1,2211,850
1960s#1,1662,302
1970s#9783,316
1980s#8974,296
1990s#8945,395
2000s#9895,588
2010s#1,5793,255
2020s#1,8551,578
Before 19010.4%
Greatest Generation 1901–275.1%
Silent Generation 1928–456.3%
Baby boom 1946–6411.1%
Generation X 1965–8015.4%
Millennials 1981–9624.3%
Generation Z 1997–1225.8%
2013 and later11.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Felipe is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Felipe has been most common in New Mexico (5.1×), Texas (4.6×), and California (3×), and least common in Ohio (0.03×).

28,217 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Felipe, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Felipe ranks #5,338 of 156,621, with 6,303 people. See Felipe as a last name

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