Girls' name · since 1935
Felicity
Felicity has 18,559 recorded births since 1935 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2017 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,120 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #473 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 18,559
- born since 1935
- 2010s
- peak decade
18,559 babies have been named Felicity since 1935, making it today's #473 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Felicity has been recorded 18,559 times among girls since 1935, currently ranked #473 nationally and more common than 97% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1935 to 2025.
- #1,120 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #473 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 18,559 born since 1935
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Felicity ranks #1,120 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #473 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 18,559 born since 1935, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,120 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #473 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 18,559
- born since 1935
- 2010s
- peak decade
Felicity's 18,559 recorded births place it above 98.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
50 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Felicity compares
18,559 Top 7% higher than 93% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Felicity's all-time total is 49x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Felicity | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 18,559 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 938 | 21 | 19,840 |
Felicity's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Felicity's SSA record in two at 1985 and the more recent half accounts for 95% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 5%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1944, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2017 peak of 938, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Felicity popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1935–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 938
- Annual births at peak, across 91 years of records
Felicity popularity over time - boys
6 total births recorded since 2004 (Felicity as boys' name)
Felicity by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (6,888 births, 37% of the file).
2010s was Felicity's strongest decade.
6,888 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Felicity births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 13
1930s
13 births
- 1940s 34
1940s
34 births
- 1950s 89
1950s
89 births
- 1960s 140
1960s
140 births
- 1970s 378
1970s
378 births
- 1980s 471
1980s
471 births
- 1990s 1,799
1990s
1,799 births
- 2000s
2000s
4,568 births
- 2010s
2010s
6,888 births
- 2020s
2020s
4,179 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 6,888 births (37% of all-time use).
How Felicity compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Felicity's total volume
Felicity by state
Where Felicity concentrates geographically, total births since 1935
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,768 | 9.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,737 | 9.4% |
| #3 | Florida | | 824 | 4.4% |
| #4 | New York | | 796 | 4.3% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 754 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 669 | 3.6% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 556 | 3.0% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 538 | 2.9% |
1,768 of 18,559 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 50 reporting states.
Felicity appears in 50 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Felicity's data
- Felicity's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (6,888 total births) through the 2020s (4,179) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Felicitys (1,768 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Felicity: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~90 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1935–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Felicity draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.