Total births
202
Girls' name · since 1965
Phelicia
Phelicia has 202 recorded births since 1965 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1987 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 202
- total births
- 1965–1997
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 32%
- born in that decade
Phelicia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 202 have been recorded since 1965.
Phelicia has 202 recorded births among girls since 1965, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1965 to 1997.
- 202 total births
- 1965–1997 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 32% born in that decade
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
202 girls have been named Phelicia since 1965, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 1997.
- 202
- total births
- 1965–1997
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 32%
- born in that decade
1990s
Peak decade
32% of everyone ever named Phelicia was born in this single decade.
1987
Single peak year
13 babies were named Phelicia in 1987 - its busiest year on record.
Phelicia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Phelicia's full recorded timeline at 1985, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1966, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1987 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Phelicia at a glance
Last recorded 1997Peak year
1987
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1965
Phelicia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–1997
- Peak year (1987)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Phelicia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Phelicia's strongest decade.
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Phelicia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
35 births
- 1970s
1970s
41 births
- 1980s
1980s
61 births
- 1990s
1990s
65 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 65 births (32% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Phelicia? ▼
Phelicia has been given to 202 babies in the U.S. since 1965, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 1997. 13 babies were born in 1987, its single highest year.
When was Phelicia most popular? ▼
Phelicia was most popular in the 1990s decade with 65 total births. The single peak year was 1987.
How long has the name Phelicia been used? ▼
Phelicia has been recorded in Social Security data since 1965, spanning 33 years of data through 1997.
What names are similar to Phelicia? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Phebe, Pheobe, Pheonix, Phenix, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
Keep exploring Phelicia
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Phenix Girl
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Phenyx Girl
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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, 1965–1997 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Phelicia: Baby Name Since 1965 - 202 Births, Peak 1987." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/phelicia. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Phelicia 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 June 2026.