boys' name ★ peaked 1993

Felipe

Meaning Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish Felipe Gender Boy Rank 2025 #955 Trend → Stable

Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish Felipe.

Rank 2025
#955
among boys · ↓31 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
244
named Felipe · -3% vs 2024
How common
1 in 7,000
boys born in 2025
Peak year
1993
606 babies
All-time total
31,958
#661 all-time among boys
First recorded
1880
in Social Security records

Felipe popularity over time

31,958 babies have been named Felipe since 1880, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.10.20.30.418801900192019401960198020002020BoysGirls
BoysGirls

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s – 45 45 5 – #556
1890s – 73 73 7 +62% #614
1900s – 141 141 14 +93% #478
1910s – 520 520 52 +269% #615
1920s 5 1,199 1,204 120 +132% #489
1930s – 1,066 1,066 107 -11% #506
1940s – 1,329 1,329 133 +25% #485
1950s – 1,850 1,850 185 +39% #515
1960s 18 2,284 2,302 230 +24% #473
1970s 12 3,304 3,316 332 +44% #398
1980s 55 4,241 4,296 430 +30% #373
1990s 38 5,357 5,395 540 +26% #387
2000s 5 5,583 5,588 559 +4% #417
2010s – 3,255 3,255 326 -42% #590
2020s (to 2025) – 1,578 1,578 263 -19% #851

Where Felipe is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 boys (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 boys Implied rank
2026 242 0.14 outside top 500
2027 240 0.14 outside top 500
2028 239 0.14 outside top 500
2029 238 0.14 outside top 500
2030 237 0.14 outside top 500

Where Felipe is most popular

Boys named Felipe per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.153 per 1,000. Strongest in Florida, Texas, and California.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are boys named Felipe born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Boys 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Florida 203 0.429 +181%
Texas 254 0.288 +89%
California 225 0.246 +61%
Arizona 40 0.244 +60%
Massachusetts 28 0.204 +33%
Tennessee 35 0.194 +27%
Washington 30 0.183 +20%
Georgia 39 0.154 ≈ national
Illinois 37 0.145 -5%
New Jersey 28 0.139 -9%
North Carolina 30 0.117 -23%
New York 50 0.115 -24%
Virginia 19 0.100 -34%
Colorado 11 0.085 -44%
Arkansas 5 0.079 -48%
Oregon 5 0.066 -57%
Maryland 7 0.059 -62%
Ohio 11 0.042 -73%
Pennsylvania 8 0.030 -80%
Michigan 5 0.024 -84%
Alaska – – –
Alabama – – –
Connecticut – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Hawaii – – –
Iowa – – –
Idaho – – –
Indiana – – –
Kansas – – –
Kentucky – – –
Louisiana – – –
Maine – – –
Minnesota – – –
Missouri – – –
Mississippi – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
Nebraska – – –
New Hampshire – – –
New Mexico – – –
Nevada – – –
Oklahoma – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Carolina – – –
South Dakota – – –
Utah – – –
Vermont – – –
Wisconsin – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Felipe

Felipe is uncommon for boys in the United States, ranked #955 in 2025 with 244 babies given the name. It is currently holding steady compared with a decade ago.

Since 1880, 31,958 American babies have been named Felipe. Its peak came in 1993, when 606 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 1990s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Felipe stood among all boys' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Felipe?

The median living Felipe is about 32 years old; half are between 19 and 47. An estimated 27 thousand people named Felipe are alive in the United States today.

median 32 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Felipe year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 – – 244 #955
2024 – – 251 #924
2023 – – 274 #866
2022 – – 286 #851
2021 – – 264 #877
2020 – – 259 #872
2019 – – 281 #812
2018 – – 287 #791
2017 – – 301 #779
2016 – – 305 #780
2015 – – 293 #799
2014 – – 336 #719
2013 – – 322 #725
2012 – – 349 #678
2011 – – 358 #658
2010 – – 423 #590
2009 – – 472 #558
2008 – – 492 #538
2007 5 #18,544 564 #476
2006 – – 591 #458
2005 – – 582 #445
2004 – – 590 #441
2003 – – 563 #443
2002 – – 544 #452
2001 – – 602 #417
2000 – – 583 #424
1995 – – 555 #413
1990 – – 523 #427
1985 5 #11,201 389 #432
1980 – – 411 #399
1975 – – 370 #398
1970 5 #8,388 289 #473
1965 5 #6,829 221 #512
1960 – – 204 #552
1955 – – 192 #529
1950 – – 163 #531
1945 – – 154 #485
1940 – – 94 #613
1935 – – 98 #583
1930 – – 139 #506
1925 – – 124 #555
1920 – – 108 #604
1915 – – 48 #898
1910 – – 19 #687
1905 – – 10 #806
1900 – – 14 #687
1895 – – 8 #818
1890 – – 8 #771
1885 – – – –
1880 – – 8 #702

Famous people named Felipe

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Felipe Massa Felipe Massa Brazilian racing driver (born 1981) Contemporary
  2. 2 Felipe Calderón Felipe Calderón President of Mexico from 2006 to 2012 b. 1962 · Contemporary
  3. 3 Felipe Melo Felipe Melo Brazilian footballer (born 1983) Contemporary
  4. 4 Felipe González Felipe González Prime Minister of Spain from 1982 to 1996 b. 1942 · Contemporary
  5. 5 Felipe Nasr Felipe Nasr Brazilian racing driver (born 1992) Contemporary
  6. 6 Felipe VI of Spain Felipe VI of Spain King of Spain since 2014 b. 1968 · Contemporary
  7. 7 Felipe Caicedo Felipe Caicedo Ecuadorian footballer (born 1988) Contemporary
  8. 8 Felipe Colombo Felipe Colombo Mexican singer-songwriter and actor b. 1983 · Contemporary
  9. 9 Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala Quechua nobleman 1535–1615 · 16th century
  10. 10 Felipe Santana Felipe Santana Brazilian footballer (born 1986) Contemporary
  11. 11 Felipe Baloy Felipe Baloy Panamanian footballer (born 1981) Contemporary
  12. 12 Felipe Reyes Felipe Reyes Spanish basketball player (born 1980) Contemporary
  13. 13 Felipe Gutiérrez Felipe Gutiérrez Chilean footballer (born 1990) Contemporary
  14. 14 Felipe Miñambres Spanish footballer (born 1965) Contemporary
  15. 15 Felipe Felipe Brazilian footballer b. 1984 · Contemporary
  16. 16 Felipe Muñoz Mexican swimmer (born 1951) Contemporary
  17. 17 Felipe Mattioni Brazilian footballer (born 1988) Contemporary
  18. 18 Felipe Jorge Loureiro Felipe Jorge Loureiro Brazilian footballer and coach b. 1977 · Contemporary
  19. 19 Felipe Kitadai Felipe Kitadai Brazilian judoka (born 1989) Contemporary
  20. 20 Felipe Wu Felipe Wu Brazilian sport shooter (born 1992) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Felipe, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Felipe?

The median living Felipe is about 32 years old. Half of all living Felipes are between 19 and 47 years old.

How many people named Felipe are alive today?

An estimated 27 thousand people named Felipe are alive in the United States, based on 31,958 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Felipe mean?

Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish Felipe.

How popular is the name Felipe in 2025?

Felipe ranked #955 among boys' names in the United States in 2025, with 244 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Felipe?

31,958 babies have been named Felipe in the United States since 1880, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Felipe most popular?

Felipe peaked in 1993, when 606 newborns received the name.

Is Felipe a boy or girl name?

Felipe is overwhelmingly a boy's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Felipe rising or falling?

Felipe has been roughly stable over the past decade.

Will Felipe become more popular?

Felipe looks stable. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 237 boys named Felipe in 2030, ranking outside the top 500. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Felipe?

Well-known people named Felipe include Felipe Massa (racing driver), Felipe Calderón (politician), Felipe Melo (soccer player).

Names like Felipe

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