Felicia
Felicia was the 5607th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 22 babies. Its best year was 1986, when it ranked 89th with 3,084 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,189 places. More babies were named Felicia in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Meaning happiness, good fortune · Latin
Say it fuh-LEE-shuh /fəˈliʃə/
- Rank in 2025
- #5,607 girls, down 540 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 22girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 19863,084 babies
- Total since 1880
- 91,371babies recorded
What does the name Felicia mean?
Felicia comes from Latin felicia, the neuter plural of felix 'happy, lucky, fortunate', which DMNES glosses 'happy; blessed, lucky; fertile'. It is the feminine of Felix. DMNES records Felicia in English documents from 1222, and a vernacular form survives in the surname Felis. It was popular in the US in the 1970s and 1980s.
fēlīx (Latin, “happy, lucky, fortunate”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Felix, Felicity, Felice, Phylicia.
See also: Latin names, names that mean joy.
Sources for this meaning
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Felicia', DMNES (Durham University)
- Wiktionary, entry 'Felicia', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
Felicia popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 279 since 1963.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,607 | 22 |
| 2020 | #5,067 | 25 |
| 2010 | #1,641 | 130 |
| 2000 | #483 | 563 |
| 1990 | #121 | 2,703 |
| 1980 | #164 | 1,723 |
| 1970 | #139 | 2,540 |
| 1960 | #228 | 1,401 |
| 1950 | #691 | 155 |
| 1940 | #694 | 101 |
| 1930 | #804 | 78 |
| 1920 | #721 | 101 |
| 1910 | #731 | 34 |
| 1900 | #840 | 20 |
| 1890 | #966 | 9 |
| 1880 | #697 | 7 |
How popular is Felicia, counting every spelling?
Felicia has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Felicia?
22 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Felicia (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Felicia born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 381 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Felicia.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Felicia?
About 82,100 people born in the US named Felicia are alive today, with a median age of 47; half are between 37 and 56. That makes Felicia mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Felicia by state
How common Felicia was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 48 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Felicia: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Felicia, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Felicia · Sibling names for Felicia
Questions about the name Felicia
What does Felicia mean?
Felicia means “happiness, good fortune” (Latin origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Felicia?
Felicia was the 5607th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 22 babies. Its best year was 1986, when it ranked 89th with 3,084 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,189 places. More babies were named Felicia in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Felicia a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Felicia in the US.
Where is Felicia most popular?
In 2021–2025, Felicia was most common in California (0.03 per 1,000 girls), followed by New York and Texas.