Felicitas

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #12,161

Peak · girls
1928 · 67 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,990
since 1889

Felicitas over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Felicitas has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201889peak #896, 1928girls
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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
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025
2024#12,1617
2023
2022#11,2318
2021#15,2515
2020
2019#13,7996
2018#15,6825
2017
2016#14,3316
2015#14,4826
2014
2013
2012#14,9626
2011#14,8246
2010#14,9596
2009#15,2426
2008#17,5045
2007#12,6768
2006#10,61110
2005#11,8348
2004#11,6248
2003#11,3258
2002#10,2469
2001#8,75811
2000#7,15814
1999#11,3857
1998#7,10413
1997#6,84413
1996#5,53117
1995#5,67716
1994#13,4305
1993#13,4425
1992#10,4797
1991#6,97612
1990#7,30311
1989#5,28616
1988#5,32115
1987#9,8256
1986#7,1349
1985#5,07714
1984#8,1537
1983#4,68615
1982#3,41824
1981#4,34417
1980#8,1787
1979#3,66821
1978#4,07917
1977#5,21312
1976#5,60110
1975#5,51610
1974#4,22714
1973#5,5809
1972#3,89415
1971#4,53412
1970#4,76111
1969#4,41811
1968#2,87420
1967#4,05311
1966#3,55813
1965#4,20210
1964#4,09611
1963#3,06617
1962#3,78212
1961#2,54323
1960#3,21215
1959#4,3009
1958#3,08515
1957#3,30913
1956#4,4678
1955#2,72517
1954#2,07626
1953#2,69916
1952#2,32720
1951#3,10612
1950#2,65215
1949#1,84527
1948#1,90125
1947#2,63715
1946#2,31817
1945#1,94119
1944#1,96719
1943#1,90021
1942#1,91720
1941#1,69622
1940#1,63523
1939#2,30013
1938#1,80519
1937#1,99916
1936#1,20635
1935#1,38128
1934#1,26332
1933#1,97016
1932#1,16238
1931#1,16338
1930#1,25136
1929#1,06447
1928#89667
1927#1,17243
1926#1,09647
1925#1,22540
1924#1,12348
1923#1,26738
1922#1,46431
1921#1,22240
1920#1,47030
1919#1,48128
1918#1,75422
1917#1,70821
1916#1,40827
1915#1,43925
1914#1,54118
1913#1,46516
1912#1,21819
1911#1,45011
1910#1,26713
1909#2,2085
1908
1907#1,5128
1906#1,4168
1905
1904#1,2519
1903
1902#1,4387
1901#1,4666
1900#1,7236
1899#1,3946
1898#1,5026
1897
1896#1,5835
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889#1,2795
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1889

The first year at least five girls were named Felicitas! It came in at #1,279, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1889–1897, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Felicitas
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 276 spots in 1928 (#1,172#896)
  • Biggest drop: 168 spots in 1929 (#896#1,064)
Rise & fade · girls
39 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1889
  • Peaked 1928 at #896 (67 births)
  • Births halved by 1933, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1928
Share of babies · girls
1 in 17,214
  • Highest: 1 in 17,214 girls born in 1928 were named Felicitas (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 231,456 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 21.7% of all girls named Felicitas (431) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#1,279 (1889)#1,279
1890s17#1,394 (1899)#1,493
1900s49#1,251 (1904)#1,573
1910s200#1,218 (1912)#1,473
1920s431#896 (1928)#1,200
1930s271#1,162 (1932)#1,550
1940s208#1,635 (1940)#1,976
1950s151#2,076 (1954)#3,075
1960s143#2,543 (1961)#3,580
1970s131#3,668 (1979)#4,707
1980s130#3,418 (1982)#6,142
1990s106#5,531 (1996)#8,817
2000s87#7,158 (2000)#11,698
2010s41#13,799 (2019)#14,720
2020s20#11,231 (2022)#12,881

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.

Felicitas in 1889

girls
#1,279
5 births · 1 in 35,673 girls

Top girls' names in 1889

  1. #1Mary11,648
  2. #2Anna5,062
  3. #3Elizabeth3,058
  4. #4Margaret2,917
  5. #5Emma2,884
  6. #6Minnie2,624
  7. #7Florence2,465
  8. #8Ethel2,463
  9. #9Bessie2,343
  10. #10Clara2,319
  11. #1,279Felicitas5
More about 1889

girls

178,366 girls got a published name in 1889; 1 in 35,673 of them was named Felicitas, which outranked 13.5% of the 1,479 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Felicitas
  1. #1,147Weltha6
  2. #1,147Will6
  3. #1,147Zaida6
  4. #1,279Felicitas5
  5. #1,279Adelaida5
  6. #1,279Aileene5
  7. #1,279Ala5

Tied with 200 names at #1,279; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1888
Risers
  1. 635Hellen#1,276#641
  2. 569Diana#1,136#567
  3. 536Hope#1,136#600
  4. 519Adelle#1,276#757
  5. 519Ova#1,276#757
Fallers
  1. 667Zilpha#612#1,279
  2. 643Lular#636#1,279
  3. 616Dagmar#663#1,279
  4. 589Savanah#690#1,279
  5. 555Harry#724#1,279

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

See the top 100 for 1889