Felecia
Last seen for girls in 2012 at #14,962
- Peak · girls
- 1963 · 422 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 10,268since 1908
Felecia over time
Rank among girls' names. Felecia has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| rank | births | |
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| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 |
| 2006 | #7,142 | 17 |
| 2005 | #7,891 | 14 |
| 2004 | #7,391 | 15 |
| 2003 | #7,207 | 15 |
| 2002 | #7,816 | 13 |
| 2001 | #5,174 | 22 |
| 2000 | #4,291 | 28 |
| 1999 | #3,804 | 31 |
| 1998 | #2,973 | 43 |
| 1997 | #2,556 | 50 |
| 1996 | #2,372 | 55 |
| 1995 | #1,955 | 70 |
| 1994 | #1,521 | 102 |
| 1993 | #1,409 | 115 |
| 1992 | #1,194 | 146 |
| 1991 | #1,290 | 129 |
| 1990 | #1,146 | 150 |
| 1989 | #995 | 173 |
| 1988 | #906 | 190 |
| 1987 | #908 | 183 |
| 1986 | #825 | 203 |
| 1985 | #886 | 180 |
| 1984 | #1,133 | 121 |
| 1983 | #1,049 | 132 |
| 1982 | #1,019 | 144 |
| 1981 | #930 | 161 |
| 1980 | #858 | 180 |
| 1979 | #782 | 203 |
| 1978 | #876 | 167 |
| 1977 | #673 | 233 |
| 1976 | #632 | 244 |
| 1975 | #617 | 255 |
| 1974 | #635 | 241 |
| 1973 | #664 | 224 |
| 1972 | #568 | 290 |
| 1971 | #585 | 298 |
| 1970 | #572 | 313 |
| 1969 | #579 | 291 |
| 1968 | #625 | 236 |
| 1967 | #580 | 271 |
| 1966 | #543 | 300 |
| 1965 | #496 | 367 |
| 1964 | #490 | 392 |
| 1963 | #470 | 422 |
| 1962 | #484 | 399 |
| 1961 | #492 | 391 |
| 1960 | #522 | 343 |
| 1959 | #604 | 270 |
| 1958 | #634 | 240 |
| 1957 | #546 | 309 |
| 1956 | #724 | 178 |
| 1955 | #869 | 125 |
| 1954 | #1,197 | 70 |
| 1953 | #1,121 | 75 |
| 1952 | #1,225 | 60 |
| 1951 | #1,665 | 33 |
| 1950 | #1,955 | 24 |
| 1949 | #2,620 | 15 |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 |
| 1947 | #2,898 | 13 |
| 1946 | #2,482 | 15 |
| 1945 | #2,742 | 11 |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 |
| 1921 | #3,164 | 10 |
| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 |
| 1919 | #1,855 | 20 |
| 1918 | #2,209 | 16 |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 |
| 1915 | #2,688 | 10 |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Felecia! It came in at #1,862, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1909–1914, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Felecia is popular in 1953
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#425 · 1 in 4,663
- Georgia#513 · 1 in 6,367
- Alabama#527 · 1 in 7,268
- Florida#569 · 1 in 7,146
- New York#904 · 1 in 21,977
Best ever in a state: #134 in Alabama, 1962.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| North Carolina | #425 | 11 | 1 in 4,663 |
| Georgia | #513 | 7 | 1 in 6,367 |
| Alabama | #527 | 5 | 1 in 7,268 |
| Florida | #569 | 5 | 1 in 7,146 |
| New York | #904 | 7 | 1 in 21,977 |
| California | #1,236 | 5 | 1 in 27,770 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Felecia
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2012
- Biggest jump: 328 spots in 1955 (#1,197 → #869)
- Biggest drop: 203 spots in 1978 (#673 → #876)
- Debuted 1908
- Peaked 1963 at #470 (422 births)
- Births halved by 1978, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1955–1981
- Highest: 1 in 4,568 girls born in 1963 were named Felecia (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 293,509 girls born in 2012 (0.00%)
- 33.2% of all girls named Felecia (3,412) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 11 | #1,862 (1908) | #2,035 |
| 1910s | 62 | #1,855 (1919) | #3,039 |
| 1920s | 53 | #3,053 (1927) | #3,842 |
| 1930s | 56 | #2,857 (1936) | #3,505 |
| 1940s | 102 | #2,482 (1946) | #2,937 |
| 1950s | 1,384 | #546 (1957) | #1,054 |
| 1960s | 3,412 | #470 (1963) | #528 |
| 1970s | 2,468 | #568 (1972) | #660 |
| 1980s | 1,667 | #825 (1986) | #951 |
| 1990s | 891 | #1,146 (1990) | #2,022 |
| 2000s | 145 | #4,291 (2000) | #7,696 |
| 2010s | 17 | #14,959 (2010) | #15,562 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Felecia in 1953
Top girls' names in 1953
More about 1953
girls
1,881,301 girls got a published name in 1953; 1 in 25,084 of them was named Felecia, which outranked 82.7% of the 6,497 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,112Kathern76
- #1,112Melodee76
- #1,112Sherilyn76
- #1,121Felecia75
- #1,121Cary75
- #1,121Christene75
- #1,121Hollie75
- #1,130Brinda74
- #1,130Emilia74
- #1,130Lisbeth74
Tied with 8 names at #1,121; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.