How Many People Are Named Felicia?

82,610

people named Felicia are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 4,137 people in the US has this name

Based on 91,371 babies named Felicia in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#642

💎 Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#336

See the top 100

Peak Year

1986

3,095 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English, Spanish, Romanian, Dutch, Swedish, Late Roman
Pronunciation: fə-LEE-shə (English), fe-LEE-thya (European Spanish), fe-LEE-sya (Latin American Spanish), fe-LEE-ch
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Feminine form of the Latin name Felicius, a derivative of FELIX. In England, it has occasionally been used since the Middle Ages.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

FélicieFelíciaFelicjaKalishaTalishaLeciaLishaFeliciusFelixPhelixFeliuFélicienFélicienne

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
99.7%
Male
0.3%

Almost all of the babies given the name Felicia (99.7%) were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Felicia alive today is about 46 years old, and 75% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 36 and 55 in 2025.

Under 30 7,423
9%
30 to 59 62,215
75.3%
60 and over 12,972
15.7%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Felicia first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1986, to 3,095 babies. In 2025, 22 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Felicia never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #89, in 1986, and it was in the top 100 for 2 years, 1986 to 1987. In 2025 it ranked #5,606.

Girls
Rank in 2025#5,606
Best rank#89 (1986)
Years in the top 1002 (1986 to 1987)
Rank in its biggest decade#135 in the 1970s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Felicia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Felicia were born in California than in any other state: about 7,668 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Felicia was given 2.2 times as often in Mississippi, 2.2 times in New Mexico and 2 times in Alabama.

California 7,668
Texas 6,572
New York 6,321
Illinois 4,414
Florida 3,871
Georgia 3,550
Pennsylvania 3,177
North Carolina 3,098
Michigan 3,003
Ohio 2,788
Alabama 2,652
Louisiana 2,304
New Jersey 2,248
Tennessee 2,136
Virginia 2,055
Mississippi 2,004
South Carolina 1,826
Massachusetts 1,635
Missouri 1,576
Indiana 1,331
Kentucky 1,273
Arkansas 1,191
Arizona 1,163
Maryland 1,147
New Mexico 1,079
Oklahoma 1,010
Colorado 944
Washington 900
Wisconsin 871
Connecticut 799
District of Columbia 647
Minnesota 540
Oregon 511
West Virginia 484
Kansas 479
Utah 387
Iowa 357
Nevada 294
Nebraska 294
New Hampshire 289
Maine 219
Rhode Island 183
Idaho 147
Delaware 106
Hawaii 80
Montana 79
Alaska 67
Vermont 38
South Dakota 35
Wyoming 22
North Dakota 10

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