Felecia

Last seen for girls in 2012 at #14,962

Peak · girls
1963 · 422 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
10,268
since 1908

Felecia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Felecia has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201963peak #470, 1963girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2012#14,9626
2011#16,7645
2010#14,9596
2009—
2008#13,8327
2007#8,52014
2006#7,14217
2005#7,89114
2004#7,39115
2003#7,20715
2002#7,81613
2001#5,17422
2000#4,29128
1999#3,80431
1998#2,97343
1997#2,55650
1996#2,37255
1995#1,95570
1994#1,521102
1993#1,409115
1992#1,194146
1991#1,290129
1990#1,146150
1989#995173
1988#906190
1987#908183
1986#825203
1985#886180
1984#1,133121
1983#1,049132
1982#1,019144
1981#930161
1980#858180
1979#782203
1978#876167
1977#673233
1976#632244
1975#617255
1974#635241
1973#664224
1972#568290
1971#585298
1970#572313
1969#579291
1968#625236
1967#580271
1966#543300
1965#496367
1964#490392
1963#470422
1962#484399
1961#492391
1960#522343
1959#604270
1958#634240
1957#546309
1956#724178
1955#869125
1954#1,19770
1953#1,12175
1952#1,22560
1951#1,66533
1950#1,95524
1949#2,62015
1948#3,8838
1947#2,89813
1946#2,48215
1945#2,74211
1944#3,3788
1943#3,04010
1942#2,81711
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1940#2,57211
1939#3,1458
1938#3,8476
1937#3,8006
1936#2,8579
1935#3,4317
1934#4,2865
1933#3,1098
1932#3,5687
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1929#4,5705
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1927#3,05310
1926#4,8515
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1924#4,0027
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1922#3,6558
1921#3,16410
1920#3,5988
1919#1,85520
1918#2,20916
1917#4,0836
1916#4,4175
1915#2,68810
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1912#2,9795
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1909#2,2085
1908#1,8626
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First appearance
1908

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 1963

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Felecia, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Felecia, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Felecia, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Felecia, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Felecia, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Felecia, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Felecia, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Felecia, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Felecia, so not publishedMNIllinois: #610 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 7,625 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Felecia, so not publishedWIMichigan: #586 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 8,006 girlsMINew York: #680 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 9,070 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Felecia, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Felecia, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Felecia, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Felecia, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Felecia, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Felecia, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Felecia, so not publishedIAIndiana: #602 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,848 girlsINOhio: #570 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 7,984 girlsOHPennsylvania: #771 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 14,540 girlsPANew Jersey: #715 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 11,499 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Felecia, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #745 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 8,706 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Felecia, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Felecia, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Felecia, so not publishedNEMissouri: #414 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,107 girlsMOKentucky: #442 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,311 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Felecia, so not publishedWVVirginia: #316 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,341 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Felecia, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Felecia, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Felecia, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Felecia, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Felecia, so not publishedKSArkansas: #159 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 729 girlsARTennessee: #219 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,241 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #259 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,717 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #358 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,472 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #278 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,604 girlsDCOklahoma: #437 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,356 girlsOKLouisiana: #413 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,012 girlsLAMississippi: #294 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,688 girlsMSAlabama: #173 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 844 girlsALGeorgia: #196 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 1,038 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Felecia, so not publishedHITexas: #374 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 2,382 girlsTXFlorida: #353 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,311 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arkansas#159 · 1 in 729
  2. Alabama#173 · 1 in 844
  3. Georgia#196 · 1 in 1,038
  4. Tennessee#219 · 1 in 1,241
  5. North Carolina#259 · 1 in 1,717

Best ever in a state: #134 in Alabama, 1962.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#159241 in 729
Alabama#173381 in 844
Georgia#196421 in 1,038
Tennessee#219281 in 1,241
North Carolina#259271 in 1,717
District of Columbia#27881 in 1,604
Mississippi#294141 in 1,688
Virginia#316171 in 2,341
Florida#353211 in 2,311
South Carolina#358101 in 2,472
Texas#374451 in 2,382
Louisiana#413121 in 3,012
Missouri#414101 in 4,107
Oklahoma#43761 in 3,356
Kentucky#44271 in 4,311
Ohio#570121 in 7,984
Michigan#586101 in 8,006
Indiana#60261 in 7,848
Illinois#610131 in 7,625
New York#680181 in 9,070
New Jersey#71551 in 11,499
California#745201 in 8,706
Pennsylvania#77171 in 14,540
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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
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2012
  • Biggest jump: 328 spots in 1955 (#1,197 → #869)
  • Biggest drop: 203 spots in 1978 (#673 → #876)
Rise & fade · girls
55 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1908
  • Peaked 1963 at #470 (422 births)
  • Births halved by 1978, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 32 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1955–1981
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,568
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 33.2% of all girls named Felecia (3,412) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s11#1,862 (1908)#2,035
1910s62#1,855 (1919)#3,039
1920s53#3,053 (1927)#3,842
1930s56#2,857 (1936)#3,505
1940s102#2,482 (1946)#2,937
1950s1,384#546 (1957)#1,054
1960s3,412#470 (1963)#528
1970s2,468#568 (1972)#660
1980s1,667#825 (1986)#951
1990s891#1,146 (1990)#2,022
2000s145#4,291 (2000)#7,696
2010s17#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 1963

girls
#470
422 births · 1 in 4,568 girls

Top girls' names in 1963

  1. #1Lisa56,047
  2. #2Mary41,546
  3. #3Susan33,991
  4. #4Karen32,492
  5. #5Linda27,727
  6. #6Donna25,405
  7. #7Patricia25,374
  8. #8Lori23,899
  9. #9Sandra21,621
  10. #10Cynthia21,589
  11. #470Felecia422
More about 1963

girls

1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 4,568 of them was named Felecia, which outranked 93.9% of the 7,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Felecia
  1. #466Guadalupe433
  2. #468Lolita432
  3. #468Megan432
  4. #470Felecia422
  5. #471Liz421
  6. #472Hazel420
  7. #473Maura418
Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. ↑ 631Zena#1,323 → #692
  2. ↑ 623Zina#992 → #369
  3. ↑ 540Trisha#1,020 → #480
  4. ↑ 457Shirl#1,304 → #847
  5. ↑ 396Glynis#992 → #596
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,195Marnita#727 → #1,922
  2. ↓ 255Velvet#623 → #878
  3. ↓ 235Delphine#904 → #1,139
  4. ↓ 224Rosita#934 → #1,158
  5. ↓ 197Lindy#885 → #1,082

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1963 →