Felicia

#5,554 for girls in 2025, 22 births · Last seen for boys in 1993 at #8,700
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1986 · 3,084 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
2 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
91,092
since 1880

Felicia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201934peak #89, 1986girls
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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#5,55422
2024#4,47331
2023#3,91138
2022#3,76540
2021#4,50730
2020#5,00325
2019#3,78839
2018#3,85338
2017#3,43645
2016#3,28049
2015#2,40876
2014#2,17687
2013#1,761116
2012#1,491151
2011#1,440157
2010#1,639130
2009#1,612139
2008#1,395170
2007#1,252197
2006#1,074237
2005#989247
2004#878280
2003#687380
2002#576453
2001#553476
2000#482563
1999#417665
1998#378750
1997#349799
1996#2631,083
1995#2111,351
1994#1811,631
1993#1591,949#8,7005
1992#1462,092
1991#1212,620#8,2365
1990#1212,703#4,67311
1989#1112,749#3,20518
1988#1052,703#4,16211
1987#962,909#2,94217
1986#893,084#3,88211
1985#1012,738#3,40113
1984#1851,484#3,45912
1983#1811,504#3,88410
1982#1951,425#5,6196
1981#1681,630#6,2625
1980#1641,723#5,5256
1979#1531,851#4,4038
1978#1401,940#4,5547
1977#1282,219#4,5827
1976#1302,098#3,26411
1975#1162,402#2,90213
1974#1372,041#5,2275
1973#1382,070#2,60614
1972#1282,360#2,32316
1971#1242,809#2,81312
1970#1392,540#3,07110
1969#1462,236#3,0629
1968#1671,935
1967#1592,090#2,47011
1966#1612,134
1965#1642,191#2,9828
1964#1991,832#2,66510
1963#2091,663#3,0448
1962#2121,609
1961#2251,459
1960#2281,401
1959#324834
1958#373601
1957#376581
1956#420468
1955#498340
1954#524289
1953#525268
1952#607205
1951#690161
1950#689155
1949#765127
1948#689145
1947#725138
1946#791108
1945#75898
1944#725109
1943#736110
1942#689116
1941#77387
1940#693101
1939#68099
1938#642114
1937#677101
1936#71188
1935#87462
1934#70390
1933#67893
1932#72486
1931#89959
1930#80078
1929#691103
1928#75090
1927#632127
1926#75791
1925#698111
1924#726104
1923#708106
1922#633134
1921#672121
1920#720101
1919#660112
1918#632125
1917#595132
1916#647110
1915#531141
1914#65179
1913#57778
1912#61564
1911#60550
1910#72334
1909#70632
1908#61738
1907#62436
1906#74224
1905#73424
1904#85318
1903#68024
1902#71623
1901#69921
1900#83320
1899#75618
1898#84016
1897#76117
1896#99911
1895#60725
1894#99810
1893#1,1757
1892#1,0179
1891#9439
1890#9409
1889#80211
1888#69014
1887#7889
1886#60614
1885#1,0475
1884#61412
1883
1882#6349
1881#6238
1880#6797
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Felicia was already there! It came in at #679, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Felicia is popular in 1934

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedMNIllinois: #516 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,243 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedMINew York: #338 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 4,138 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #396 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,465 girlsPANew Jersey: #282 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,378 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #452 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,887 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedHITexas: #750 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 8,169 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Felicia, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Jersey#282 · 1 in 3,378
  2. New York#338 · 1 in 4,138
  3. Pennsylvania#396 · 1 in 6,465
  4. California#452 · 1 in 4,887
  5. Illinois#516 · 1 in 8,243

Best ever in a state: #22 in Mississippi, 1977.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Jersey#28271 in 3,378
New York#338201 in 4,138
Pennsylvania#396111 in 6,465
California#45271 in 4,887
Illinois#51661 in 8,243
Texas#75071 in 8,169
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Felicia
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,081 spots since 2024 (#4,473#5,554)
  • 551 spots since 2020 (#5,003#5,554)
  • 3,146 spots since 2015 (#2,408#5,554)
  • Biggest jump: 441 spots in 1886 (#1,047#606)
  • Biggest drop: 433 spots in 1885 (#614#1,047)
Rise & fade · girls
106 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1986 at #89 (3,084 births)
  • Births halved by 1995, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 2 yrs · run 1986–1987
  • Top 1,000: 122 yrs · run 1894–2005
Share of babies · girls
1 in 556
  • Highest: 1 in 556 girls born in 1986 were named Felicia (0.18%)
  • Latest: 1 in 73,058 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 24.5% of all girls named Felicia (22,330) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s89#606 (1886)#720
1890s131#607 (1895)#904
1900s260#617 (1908)#720
1910s925#531 (1915)#624
1920s1,088#632 (1927)#699
1930s870#642 (1938)#739
1940s1,139#689 (1948)#734
1950s3,902#324 (1959)#503
1960s18,550#146 (1969)#187
1970s22,330#116 (1975)#133
1980s21,949#89 (1986)#140
1990s15,643#121 (1990)#235
2000s3,142#482 (2000)#950
2010s888#1,440 (2011)#2,527
2020s186#3,765 (2022)#4,536

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.

Felicia in 1934

girls
#703
90 births · 1 in 11,603 girls

Top girls' names in 1934

  1. #1Mary56,929
  2. #2Betty31,089
  3. #3Barbara29,239
  4. #4Shirley22,841
  5. #5Dorothy21,281
  6. #6Patricia20,844
  7. #7Joan19,465
  8. #8Margaret15,144
  9. #9Helen14,100
  10. #10Nancy13,520
  11. #703Felicia90
More about 1934

girls

1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 11,603 of them was named Felicia, which outranked 85.9% of the 4,973 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Felicia
  1. #700Carrol91
  2. #700Dorotha91
  3. #700Fanny91
  4. #703Felicia90
  5. #703Isabella90
  6. #705Elida89
  7. #705Garnet89
  8. #705Hallie89

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. 571Luann#1,442#871
  2. 469Alison#1,442#973
  3. 439Golda#1,364#925
  4. 350Ronald#1,244#894
  5. 346Gale#1,102#756
Fallers
  1. 685Nira#463#1,148
  2. 342Vina#782#1,124
  3. 316Zita#947#1,263
  4. 299Myrtie#834#1,133
  5. 278Theola#985#1,263

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

See the top 100 for 1934