Felice

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #12,197 · Last seen for boys in 2001 at #8,339
Given to girls 85.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1911 · 21 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,188
since 1897

Felice over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201972peak #958, 1911peak #1,268, 1912girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024
2023#12,1977
2022
2021
2020#13,4536
2019
2018#13,7936
2017
2016
2015
2014#16,5135
2013#11,9698
2012#11,2579
2011
2010#12,2768
2009#8,88813
2008#9,47612
2007#12,6768
2006#9,90111
2005#9,45211
2004#12,7617
2003#7,58014
2002#8,83711
2001#4,83424#8,3397
2000#6,20817
1999#5,89617
1998#7,53212
1997#9,8028#8,1106
1996#8,8129
1995#5,01919
1994#5,44517
1993#4,99819
1992#4,84920
1991#3,81727
1990#3,36432#8,1175
1989#3,25332
1988#3,22530#5,2008
1987#2,65737#5,4597
1986#3,36026
1985#3,51724
1984#2,47038#4,2159
1983#3,24225#5,4846
1982#3,09328
1981#3,06628#4,9617
1980#2,65135
1979#2,52536
1978#2,19142#5,0596
1977#2,21641#4,5827
1976#2,13540#3,26411
1975#2,02343#3,24611
1974#1,52064#2,67414
1973#1,38871#3,6948
1972#1,60756#3,3449
1971#1,30184#3,14610
1970#1,18297#2,89111
1969#1,27677#2,54912
1968#1,31171#3,1078
1967#1,33667#2,7609
1966#1,25174#2,9868
1965#1,30269#2,36612
1964#1,28175#2,04016
1963#1,21182#3,0448
1962#1,23080#2,50411
1961#1,19985
1960#1,28673#4,0385
1959#1,23075
1958#1,18081#3,5596
1957#1,32264#2,27413
1956#1,14182#3,2167
1955#1,03494
1954#1,02092
1953#1,18866
1952#1,12970#3,7345
1951#1,29252
1950#1,37544#3,0217
1949#1,30449
1948#1,23854#2,7888
1947#1,21755
1946#1,17953#2,6908
1945#1,21343#2,7437
1944#1,51929
1943#1,15449#3,5385
1942#1,47131#2,14512
1941#1,47228#3,5055
1940#1,18638#3,1306
1939#1,26534#3,1136
1938#1,47526#3,5345
1937#1,33030#2,9057
1936#1,37528#1,96413
1935#1,51424#3,6455
1934#1,16637#2,39310
1933#1,40027#3,2686
1932#1,29332#3,7765
1931#1,59423#1,92715
1930#1,16141#1,82117
1929#1,30633#2,00215
1928#1,36632#1,64721
1927#1,21341#1,69221
1926#1,38833#2,30213
1925#1,11947#2,01216
1924#1,25840#1,96417
1923#1,10148#2,12315
1922#1,36634#2,14315
1921#1,29836#1,54924
1920#1,11945#2,33613
1919#1,29735#2,26513
1918#1,25536#2,07315
1917#1,01348#1,98615
1916#1,29831#2,15213
1915#1,19033#1,87815
1914#1,03433#1,68714
1913#1,02028#1,31116
1912#1,35216#1,26814
1911#95821
1910#1,42111#1,4216
1909#1,4719
1908#1,6767
1907#1,6397
1906#1,7276
1905#1,5387
1904
1903#1,2049
1902
1901
1900#1,7236
1899#1,3946
1898#1,7005
1897#1,2637
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First appearance
1897

The first year at least five girls were named Felice! It came in at #1,263, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1901–1902, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Felice
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
  • Biggest jump: 463 spots in 1911 (#1,421#958)
  • Biggest drop: 394 spots in 1912 (#958#1,352)
Rise & fade · girls
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1897
  • Peaked 1911 at #958 (21 births)
  • Births halved by 1996, 85 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1911
Share of babies · girls
1 in 18,022
  • Highest: 1 in 18,022 girls born in 1970 were named Felice (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 229,226 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #958 in 1911, was only 1 in 19,919 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 18.0% of all girls named Felice (753) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s18#1,263 (1897)#1,452
1900s51#1,204 (1903)#1,568
1910s292#958 (1911)#1,184
1920s389#1,101 (1923)#1,253
1930s302#1,161 (1930)#1,357
1940s429#1,154 (1943)#1,295
1950s720#1,020 (1954)#1,191
1960s753#1,199 (1961)#1,268
1970s574#1,182 (1970)#1,809
1980s303#2,470 (1984)#3,053
1990s180#3,364 (1990)#5,953
2000s128#4,834 (2001)#9,061
2010s36#11,257 (2012)#13,162
2020s13#12,197 (2023)#12,825

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Felice in 1972

girls
#1,607
56 births · 1 in 27,165 girls
boys
#3,344
9 births · 1 in 180,179 boys

Top girls' names in 1972

  1. #1Jennifer63,600
  2. #2Michelle29,285
  3. #3Lisa27,543
  4. #4Kimberly26,282
  5. #5Amy25,873
  6. #6Angela23,561
  7. #7Melissa22,494
  8. #8Stephanie16,890
  9. #9Heather16,320
  10. #10Nicole15,755
  11. #1,607Felice56

Top boys' names in 1972

  1. #1Michael71,393
  2. #2Christopher52,172
  3. #3James47,063
  4. #4David46,322
  5. #5John43,158
  6. #6Robert43,013
  7. #7Jason37,423
  8. #8Brian36,306
  9. #9William30,510
  10. #10Matthew22,928
  11. #3,344Felice9
More about 1972

girls

1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 27,165 of them was named Felice, which outranked 83.4% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Felice
  1. #1,594Renata57
  2. #1,594Shalanda57
  3. #1,594Treena57
  4. #1,607Felice56
  5. #1,607Anitra56
  6. #1,607Ashli56
  7. #1,607Darcey56
  8. #1,627Alaina55
  9. #1,627Amiee55
  10. #1,627Andre55

Tied with 19 names at #1,607; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. 5,804Camisha#6,619#815
  2. 3,921Catina#4,123#202
  3. 1,842Cherilyn#2,665#823
  4. 1,789Chasity#2,542#753
  5. 1,694Keena#2,542#848
Fallers
  1. 517Shayla#836#1,353
  2. 428Raina#798#1,226
  3. 280Kendall#742#1,022
  4. 275Alycia#951#1,226
  5. 255Charisse#727#982

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 180,179 of them was named Felice, which outranked 41.9% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Felice
  1. #3,152Zac10
  2. #3,152Zacharia10
  3. #3,152Zebedee10
  4. #3,344Felice9
  5. #3,344Abran9
  6. #3,344Adaryll9
  7. #3,344Aimee9
  8. #3,622Afshin8
  9. #3,622Aj8
  10. #3,622Akbar8

Tied with 277 names at #3,344; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. 2,755Demond#3,146#391
  2. 1,286Cade#2,279#993
  3. 905Vidal#1,526#621
  4. 855Damond#1,784#929
  5. 849Kareem#1,254#405
Fallers
  1. 413Rich#914#1,327
  2. 401Monroe#947#1,348
  3. 317Laura#990#1,307
  4. 309Von#976#1,285
  5. 309Westley#998#1,307

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1972