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
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1986 · 3,084 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 2 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 91,092since 1880
Felicia over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,554 | 22 | — | |
| 2024 | #4,473 | 31 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,911 | 38 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,765 | 40 | — | |
| 2021 | #4,507 | 30 | — | |
| 2020 | #5,003 | 25 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,788 | 39 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,853 | 38 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,436 | 45 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,280 | 49 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,408 | 76 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,176 | 87 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,761 | 116 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,491 | 151 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,440 | 157 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,639 | 130 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,612 | 139 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,395 | 170 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,252 | 197 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,074 | 237 | — | |
| 2005 | #989 | 247 | — | |
| 2004 | #878 | 280 | — | |
| 2003 | #687 | 380 | — | |
| 2002 | #576 | 453 | — | |
| 2001 | #553 | 476 | — | |
| 2000 | #482 | 563 | — | |
| 1999 | #417 | 665 | — | |
| 1998 | #378 | 750 | — | |
| 1997 | #349 | 799 | — | |
| 1996 | #263 | 1,083 | — | |
| 1995 | #211 | 1,351 | — | |
| 1994 | #181 | 1,631 | — | |
| 1993 | #159 | 1,949 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #146 | 2,092 | — | |
| 1991 | #121 | 2,620 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #121 | 2,703 | #4,673 | 11 |
| 1989 | #111 | 2,749 | #3,205 | 18 |
| 1988 | #105 | 2,703 | #4,162 | 11 |
| 1987 | #96 | 2,909 | #2,942 | 17 |
| 1986 | #89 | 3,084 | #3,882 | 11 |
| 1985 | #101 | 2,738 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | #185 | 1,484 | #3,459 | 12 |
| 1983 | #181 | 1,504 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | #195 | 1,425 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #168 | 1,630 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #164 | 1,723 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #153 | 1,851 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #140 | 1,940 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #128 | 2,219 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #130 | 2,098 | #3,264 | 11 |
| 1975 | #116 | 2,402 | #2,902 | 13 |
| 1974 | #137 | 2,041 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #138 | 2,070 | #2,606 | 14 |
| 1972 | #128 | 2,360 | #2,323 | 16 |
| 1971 | #124 | 2,809 | #2,813 | 12 |
| 1970 | #139 | 2,540 | #3,071 | 10 |
| 1969 | #146 | 2,236 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | #167 | 1,935 | — | |
| 1967 | #159 | 2,090 | #2,470 | 11 |
| 1966 | #161 | 2,134 | — | |
| 1965 | #164 | 2,191 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #199 | 1,832 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1963 | #209 | 1,663 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1962 | #212 | 1,609 | — | |
| 1961 | #225 | 1,459 | — | |
| 1960 | #228 | 1,401 | — | |
| 1959 | #324 | 834 | — | |
| 1958 | #373 | 601 | — | |
| 1957 | #376 | 581 | — | |
| 1956 | #420 | 468 | — | |
| 1955 | #498 | 340 | — | |
| 1954 | #524 | 289 | — | |
| 1953 | #525 | 268 | — | |
| 1952 | #607 | 205 | — | |
| 1951 | #690 | 161 | — | |
| 1950 | #689 | 155 | — | |
| 1949 | #765 | 127 | — | |
| 1948 | #689 | 145 | — | |
| 1947 | #725 | 138 | — | |
| 1946 | #791 | 108 | — | |
| 1945 | #758 | 98 | — | |
| 1944 | #725 | 109 | — | |
| 1943 | #736 | 110 | — | |
| 1942 | #689 | 116 | — | |
| 1941 | #773 | 87 | — | |
| 1940 | #693 | 101 | — | |
| 1939 | #680 | 99 | — | |
| 1938 | #642 | 114 | — | |
| 1937 | #677 | 101 | — | |
| 1936 | #711 | 88 | — | |
| 1935 | #874 | 62 | — | |
| 1934 | #703 | 90 | — | |
| 1933 | #678 | 93 | — | |
| 1932 | #724 | 86 | — | |
| 1931 | #899 | 59 | — | |
| 1930 | #800 | 78 | — | |
| 1929 | #691 | 103 | — | |
| 1928 | #750 | 90 | — | |
| 1927 | #632 | 127 | — | |
| 1926 | #757 | 91 | — | |
| 1925 | #698 | 111 | — | |
| 1924 | #726 | 104 | — | |
| 1923 | #708 | 106 | — | |
| 1922 | #633 | 134 | — | |
| 1921 | #672 | 121 | — | |
| 1920 | #720 | 101 | — | |
| 1919 | #660 | 112 | — | |
| 1918 | #632 | 125 | — | |
| 1917 | #595 | 132 | — | |
| 1916 | #647 | 110 | — | |
| 1915 | #531 | 141 | — | |
| 1914 | #651 | 79 | — | |
| 1913 | #577 | 78 | — | |
| 1912 | #615 | 64 | — | |
| 1911 | #605 | 50 | — | |
| 1910 | #723 | 34 | — | |
| 1909 | #706 | 32 | — | |
| 1908 | #617 | 38 | — | |
| 1907 | #624 | 36 | — | |
| 1906 | #742 | 24 | — | |
| 1905 | #734 | 24 | — | |
| 1904 | #853 | 18 | — | |
| 1903 | #680 | 24 | — | |
| 1902 | #716 | 23 | — | |
| 1901 | #699 | 21 | — | |
| 1900 | #833 | 20 | — | |
| 1899 | #756 | 18 | — | |
| 1898 | #840 | 16 | — | |
| 1897 | #761 | 17 | — | |
| 1896 | #999 | 11 | — | |
| 1895 | #607 | 25 | — | |
| 1894 | #998 | 10 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,175 | 7 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,017 | 9 | — | |
| 1891 | #943 | 9 | — | |
| 1890 | #940 | 9 | — | |
| 1889 | #802 | 11 | — | |
| 1888 | #690 | 14 | — | |
| 1887 | #788 | 9 | — | |
| 1886 | #606 | 14 | — | |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 | — | |
| 1884 | #614 | 12 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | #634 | 9 | — | |
| 1881 | #623 | 8 | — | |
| 1880 | #679 | 7 | — | |
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 1956
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- District of Columbia#212 · 1 in 1,229
- Connecticut#259 · 1 in 2,355
- New Jersey#273 · 1 in 2,505
- Maryland#283 · 1 in 2,267
- Illinois#290 · 1 in 2,498
Best ever in a state: #22 in Mississippi, 1977.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #212 | 11 | 1 in 1,229 |
| Connecticut | #259 | 10 | 1 in 2,355 |
| New Jersey | #273 | 22 | 1 in 2,505 |
| Maryland | #283 | 13 | 1 in 2,267 |
| Illinois | #290 | 42 | 1 in 2,498 |
| New York | #307 | 66 | 1 in 2,496 |
| Alabama | #313 | 16 | 1 in 2,291 |
| Pennsylvania | #334 | 33 | 1 in 3,509 |
| Arizona | #350 | 6 | 1 in 2,153 |
| North Carolina | #371 | 15 | 1 in 3,452 |
| Massachusetts | #380 | 8 | 1 in 6,482 |
| Missouri | #380 | 11 | 1 in 4,071 |
| Michigan | #382 | 22 | 1 in 4,272 |
| Oklahoma | #386 | 7 | 1 in 3,185 |
| Louisiana | #393 | 12 | 1 in 3,282 |
| Virginia | #397 | 10 | 1 in 4,133 |
| California | #403 | 43 | 1 in 3,638 |
| Georgia | #410 | 12 | 1 in 3,892 |
| Florida | #411 | 11 | 1 in 3,909 |
| South Carolina | #412 | 8 | 1 in 3,616 |
| Ohio | #440 | 20 | 1 in 5,369 |
| Kentucky | #457 | 6 | 1 in 5,591 |
| Indiana | #527 | 7 | 1 in 7,213 |
| Tennessee | #565 | 5 | 1 in 7,680 |
| Texas | #597 | 19 | 1 in 6,043 |
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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.
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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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 89 | #606 (1886) | #720 |
| 1890s | 131 | #607 (1895) | #904 |
| 1900s | 260 | #617 (1908) | #720 |
| 1910s | 925 | #531 (1915) | #624 |
| 1920s | 1,088 | #632 (1927) | #699 |
| 1930s | 870 | #642 (1938) | #739 |
| 1940s | 1,139 | #689 (1948) | #734 |
| 1950s | 3,902 | #324 (1959) | #503 |
| 1960s | 18,550 | #146 (1969) | #187 |
| 1970s | 22,330 | #116 (1975) | #133 |
| 1980s | 21,949 | #89 (1986) | #140 |
| 1990s | 15,643 | #121 (1990) | #235 |
| 2000s | 3,142 | #482 (2000) | #950 |
| 2010s | 888 | #1,440 (2011) | #2,527 |
| 2020s | 186 | #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 1956
girls
#420
468 births · 1 in 4,290 girls
Top girls' names in 1956
More about 1956
girls
2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 4,290 of them was named Felicia, which outranked 93.9% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Felicia
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.