Felicia
Felicia was given to 22 girls in 2025, #5,606 among girls’ names; 91,371 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 82,300 Americans named Felicia and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (90% of everyone recorded); the median is 47 years old and half are between 37 and 56.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Felicia by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Felicia mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Felicia is “a female given name from Latin, masculine equivalent Felix.” Its etymology gives the senses “happy things” (literally) and “happy times” (fēlīcia).
From Middle English Felicia, from Latin Fēlīcia, from fēlīcia (literally “happy things”), the neuter plural of fēlīx, which often occurred in the phrase tempora fēlīcia (“happy times”).
/fəˈliʃə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Felicia?
#5,606 among girls’ names, 2025
Felicia fell from #2,418 in 2015 to #5,606 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 42.6 to 13.7 per million.
3,095 babies in 1986, the peak
Felicia peaked in 1986, when 3,095 babies were given it (3,084 girls, #89 among girls’ names). The 22 births of 2025 are under 1% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #5,606 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 31 | #4,503 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 38 | #3,932 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 40 | #3,783 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 30 | #4,539 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 25 | #5,064 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 39 | #3,814 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,875 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 45 | #3,450 | 0.03 |
| 2016 | 49 | #3,297 | 0.03 |
Every recorded year (145)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 76 | #2,418 | 0.04 |
| 2014 | 87 | #2,183 | 0.05 |
| 2013 | 116 | #1,767 | 0.07 |
| 2012 | 151 | #1,494 | 0.09 |
| 2011 | 157 | #1,442 | 0.09 |
| 2010 | 130 | #1,641 | 0.07 |
| 2009 | 139 | #1,615 | 0.08 |
| 2008 | 170 | #1,400 | 0.09 |
| 2007 | 197 | #1,254 | 0.10 |
| 2006 | 237 | #1,075 | 0.12 |
| 2005 | 247 | #990 | 0.13 |
| 2004 | 280 | #878 | 0.15 |
| 2003 | 380 | #689 | 0.21 |
| 2002 | 453 | #577 | 0.25 |
| 2001 | 476 | #553 | 0.26 |
| 2000 | 563 | #483 | 0.31 |
| 1999 | 665 | #417 | 0.37 |
| 1998 | 750 | #378 | 0.42 |
| 1997 | 799 | #349 | 0.46 |
| 1996 | 1,083 | #263 | 0.62 |
| 1995 | 1,351 | #211 | 0.77 |
| 1994 | 1,631 | #181 | 0.91 |
| 1993 | 1,949 | #159 | 1.1 |
| 1992 | 2,092 | #146 | 1.1 |
| 1991 | 2,620 | #121 | 1.4 |
| 1990 | 2,703 | #121 | 1.4 |
| 1989 | 2,749 | #111 | 1.5 |
| 1988 | 2,703 | #105 | 1.5 |
| 1987 | 2,909 | #96 | 1.7 |
| 1986 | 3,084 | #89 | 1.8 |
| 1985 | 2,738 | #101 | 1.6 |
| 1984 | 1,484 | #185 | 0.88 |
| 1983 | 1,504 | #181 | 0.90 |
| 1982 | 1,425 | #195 | 0.84 |
| 1981 | 1,630 | #168 | 1.0 |
| 1980 | 1,723 | #164 | 1.0 |
| 1979 | 1,851 | #153 | 1.2 |
| 1978 | 1,940 | #140 | 1.3 |
| 1977 | 2,219 | #128 | 1.4 |
| 1976 | 2,098 | #130 | 1.4 |
| 1975 | 2,402 | #116 | 1.6 |
| 1974 | 2,041 | #137 | 1.4 |
| 1973 | 2,070 | #138 | 1.4 |
| 1972 | 2,360 | #128 | 1.6 |
| 1971 | 2,809 | #124 | 1.7 |
| 1970 | 2,540 | #139 | 1.5 |
| 1969 | 2,236 | #146 | 1.3 |
| 1968 | 1,935 | #167 | 1.2 |
| 1967 | 2,090 | #159 | 1.3 |
| 1966 | 2,134 | #161 | 1.3 |
| 1965 | 2,191 | #164 | 1.2 |
| 1964 | 1,832 | #199 | 1.0 |
| 1963 | 1,663 | #209 | 0.86 |
| 1962 | 1,609 | #212 | 0.82 |
| 1961 | 1,459 | #225 | 0.72 |
| 1960 | 1,401 | #228 | 0.69 |
| 1959 | 834 | #324 | 0.41 |
| 1958 | 601 | #373 | 0.30 |
| 1957 | 581 | #376 | 0.28 |
| 1956 | 468 | #419 | 0.23 |
| 1955 | 340 | #498 | 0.17 |
| 1954 | 289 | #523 | 0.15 |
| 1953 | 268 | #524 | 0.14 |
| 1952 | 205 | #606 | 0.11 |
| 1951 | 161 | #691 | 0.09 |
| 1950 | 155 | #690 | 0.09 |
| 1949 | 127 | #766 | 0.07 |
| 1948 | 145 | #689 | 0.09 |
| 1947 | 138 | #726 | 0.08 |
| 1946 | 108 | #791 | 0.07 |
| 1945 | 98 | #759 | 0.07 |
| 1944 | 109 | #725 | 0.08 |
| 1943 | 110 | #737 | 0.08 |
| 1942 | 116 | #692 | 0.09 |
| 1941 | 87 | #774 | 0.07 |
| 1940 | 101 | #694 | 0.09 |
| 1939 | 99 | #682 | 0.09 |
| 1938 | 114 | #642 | 0.10 |
| 1937 | 101 | #678 | 0.09 |
| 1936 | 88 | #712 | 0.08 |
| 1935 | 62 | #876 | 0.06 |
| 1934 | 90 | #703 | 0.09 |
| 1933 | 93 | #678 | 0.09 |
| 1932 | 86 | #726 | 0.08 |
| 1931 | 59 | #903 | 0.06 |
| 1930 | 78 | #804 | 0.07 |
| 1929 | 103 | #692 | 0.09 |
| 1928 | 90 | #751 | 0.08 |
| 1927 | 127 | #632 | 0.11 |
| 1926 | 91 | #761 | 0.08 |
| 1925 | 111 | #699 | 0.09 |
| 1924 | 104 | #726 | 0.08 |
| 1923 | 106 | #708 | 0.09 |
| 1922 | 134 | #634 | 0.11 |
| 1921 | 121 | #674 | 0.10 |
| 1920 | 101 | #721 | 0.08 |
| 1919 | 112 | #661 | 0.10 |
| 1918 | 125 | #636 | 0.11 |
| 1917 | 132 | #595 | 0.12 |
| 1916 | 110 | #648 | 0.11 |
| 1915 | 141 | #532 | 0.14 |
| 1914 | 79 | #654 | 0.10 |
| 1913 | 78 | #577 | 0.12 |
| 1912 | 64 | #616 | 0.11 |
| 1911 | 50 | #607 | 0.12 |
| 1910 | 34 | #731 | 0.09 |
| 1909 | 32 | #711 | 0.09 |
| 1908 | 38 | #619 | 0.11 |
| 1907 | 36 | #627 | 0.11 |
| 1906 | 24 | #747 | 0.08 |
| 1905 | 24 | #745 | 0.08 |
| 1904 | 18 | #860 | 0.07 |
| 1903 | 24 | #683 | 0.09 |
| 1902 | 23 | #721 | 0.09 |
| 1901 | 21 | #706 | 0.09 |
| 1900 | 20 | #840 | 0.07 |
| 1899 | 18 | #769 | 0.08 |
| 1898 | 16 | #856 | 0.06 |
| 1897 | 17 | #771 | 0.07 |
| 1896 | 11 | #1,011 | 0.05 |
| 1895 | 25 | #615 | 0.11 |
| 1894 | 10 | #1,020 | 0.04 |
| 1893 | 7 | #1,217 | 0.03 |
| 1892 | 9 | #1,036 | 0.04 |
| 1891 | 9 | #961 | 0.05 |
| 1890 | 9 | #966 | 0.05 |
| 1889 | 11 | #817 | 0.06 |
| 1888 | 14 | #698 | 0.08 |
| 1887 | 9 | #813 | 0.06 |
| 1886 | 14 | #616 | 0.10 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,095 | 0.04 |
| 1884 | 12 | #622 | 0.09 |
| 1882 | 9 | #646 | 0.08 |
| 1881 | 8 | #647 | 0.09 |
| 1880 | 7 | #697 | 0.08 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Felicia a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Felicia has been given almost only to girls: 279 boys in 145 years of records.
Girls and boys named Felicia: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Felicia, and how old are they?
82,300 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 90% of the 91,371 Americans ever recorded as Felicia. The median Felicia alive today is 47 years old; half are between 37 and 56.
The 2020 Census counted 78,101 people named Felicia (78,006 women and girls, 95 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 84,073 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 525 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 10,300 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 32,200 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 32,800 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 5,720 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 632 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Felicia born?
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 5 | #3,261 | 0.8× |
Where Felicia is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Felicia is most over-represented in Mississippi: since 1910 it was given 1.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Felicia with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 115,123 babies since 1880, Felicia is the most given (79% of them). In 2025 it was given to 22 of their 22 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Felicia
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Felicia and names like it
- Compare Felicia and FeleciaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sFelicia peaked in 1986.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Felicia since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Felicia: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1986The year the most babies were named Felicia.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Felicia alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with FMost given first.