Felicia
Felicia is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 31 births. Its best rank was 90th, in 1986.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 310.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19863,084 births
- Best rank
- #90in 1986
- Since 1880
- 91,072people given the name
The story in the numbers
91,072 girls have been named Felicia in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1986, with 3,084 births — 0.18% of all girls recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 31 births in 2024, against 3,084 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1978, and the 1970s alone account for 25%. It has spent 120 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 2 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Felicia | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 89 | |
| 1890s | 131 | |
| 1900s | 260 | |
| 1910s | 925 | |
| 1920s | 1,088 | |
| 1930s | 870 | |
| 1940s | 1,139 | |
| 1950s | 3,902 | |
| 1960s | 18,549 | |
| 1970s | 22,330 | |
| 1980s | 21,952 | |
| 1990s | 15,643 | |
| 2000s | 3,142 | |
| 2010s | 888 | |
| 2020s | 164 |
In 1986, its biggest year
Felicia was the 90th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1986 were Jessica, Ashley, Amanda, Jennifer and Sarah. See all of 1986.
Names that rose and fell with Felicia
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Richellepeak 1969
- Felicapeak 1975
- Cherisepeak 1971
- Carlisapeak 1990
- Rachellepeak 1971
- Kelliepeak 1969
- Ginamariepeak 1991
- Brigettepeak 1968
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.