Felice
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #12,197 · Last seen for boys in 2001 at #8,339
Given to girls 85.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1911 · 21 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,188since 1897
Felice over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 | — | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | — | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | — | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | — | |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 | — | |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 | — | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 | — | |
| 2009 | #8,888 | 13 | — | |
| 2008 | #9,476 | 12 | — | |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | — | |
| 2006 | #9,901 | 11 | — | |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 | — | |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | — | |
| 2003 | #7,580 | 14 | — | |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 | — | |
| 2001 | #4,834 | 24 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | #6,208 | 17 | — | |
| 1999 | #5,896 | 17 | — | |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,019 | 19 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,445 | 17 | — | |
| 1993 | #4,998 | 19 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,849 | 20 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,817 | 27 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,364 | 32 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #3,253 | 32 | — | |
| 1988 | #3,225 | 30 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #2,657 | 37 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #3,360 | 26 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,517 | 24 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,470 | 38 | #4,215 | 9 |
| 1983 | #3,242 | 25 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #3,093 | 28 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,066 | 28 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #2,651 | 35 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,525 | 36 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,191 | 42 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #2,216 | 41 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #2,135 | 40 | #3,264 | 11 |
| 1975 | #2,023 | 43 | #3,246 | 11 |
| 1974 | #1,520 | 64 | #2,674 | 14 |
| 1973 | #1,388 | 71 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | #1,607 | 56 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #1,301 | 84 | #3,146 | 10 |
| 1970 | #1,182 | 97 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | #1,276 | 77 | #2,549 | 12 |
| 1968 | #1,311 | 71 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | #1,336 | 67 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | #1,251 | 74 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #1,302 | 69 | #2,366 | 12 |
| 1964 | #1,281 | 75 | #2,040 | 16 |
| 1963 | #1,211 | 82 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1962 | #1,230 | 80 | #2,504 | 11 |
| 1961 | #1,199 | 85 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,286 | 73 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #1,230 | 75 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,180 | 81 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #1,322 | 64 | #2,274 | 13 |
| 1956 | #1,141 | 82 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #1,034 | 94 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,020 | 92 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,188 | 66 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,129 | 70 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #1,292 | 52 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,375 | 44 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #1,304 | 49 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,238 | 54 | #2,788 | 8 |
| 1947 | #1,217 | 55 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,179 | 53 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | #1,213 | 43 | #2,743 | 7 |
| 1944 | #1,519 | 29 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,154 | 49 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #1,471 | 31 | #2,145 | 12 |
| 1941 | #1,472 | 28 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #1,186 | 38 | #3,130 | 6 |
| 1939 | #1,265 | 34 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #1,475 | 26 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | #1,330 | 30 | #2,905 | 7 |
| 1936 | #1,375 | 28 | #1,964 | 13 |
| 1935 | #1,514 | 24 | #3,645 | 5 |
| 1934 | #1,166 | 37 | #2,393 | 10 |
| 1933 | #1,400 | 27 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | #1,293 | 32 | #3,776 | 5 |
| 1931 | #1,594 | 23 | #1,927 | 15 |
| 1930 | #1,161 | 41 | #1,821 | 17 |
| 1929 | #1,306 | 33 | #2,002 | 15 |
| 1928 | #1,366 | 32 | #1,647 | 21 |
| 1927 | #1,213 | 41 | #1,692 | 21 |
| 1926 | #1,388 | 33 | #2,302 | 13 |
| 1925 | #1,119 | 47 | #2,012 | 16 |
| 1924 | #1,258 | 40 | #1,964 | 17 |
| 1923 | #1,101 | 48 | #2,123 | 15 |
| 1922 | #1,366 | 34 | #2,143 | 15 |
| 1921 | #1,298 | 36 | #1,549 | 24 |
| 1920 | #1,119 | 45 | #2,336 | 13 |
| 1919 | #1,297 | 35 | #2,265 | 13 |
| 1918 | #1,255 | 36 | #2,073 | 15 |
| 1917 | #1,013 | 48 | #1,986 | 15 |
| 1916 | #1,298 | 31 | #2,152 | 13 |
| 1915 | #1,190 | 33 | #1,878 | 15 |
| 1914 | #1,034 | 33 | #1,687 | 14 |
| 1913 | #1,020 | 28 | #1,311 | 16 |
| 1912 | #1,352 | 16 | #1,268 | 14 |
| 1911 | #958 | 21 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 11 | #1,421 | 6 |
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 | — | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 | — | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 | — | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Felice! It came in at #1,263, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1901–1902, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Felice is popular in 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Michigan#924 · 1 in 12,378
- California#1,152 · 1 in 13,707
- New York#1,365 · 1 in 18,473
Best ever in a state: #348 in Connecticut, 1953.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | #924 | 5 | 1 in 12,378 |
| California | #1,152 | 10 | 1 in 13,707 |
| New York | #1,365 | 6 | 1 in 18,473 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Illinois | — | — | — |
| Indiana | — | — | — |
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| Maine | — | — | — |
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| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Felice
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 463 spots in 1911 (#1,421 → #958)
- Biggest drop: 394 spots in 1912 (#958 → #1,352)
- Debuted 1897
- Peaked 1911 at #958 (21 births)
- Births halved by 1996, 85 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1911
- Highest: 1 in 18,022 girls born in 1970 were named Felice (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,226 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #958 in 1911, was only 1 in 19,919 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 18.0% of all girls named Felice (753) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 18 | #1,263 (1897) | #1,452 |
| 1900s | 51 | #1,204 (1903) | #1,568 |
| 1910s | 292 | #958 (1911) | #1,184 |
| 1920s | 389 | #1,101 (1923) | #1,253 |
| 1930s | 302 | #1,161 (1930) | #1,357 |
| 1940s | 429 | #1,154 (1943) | #1,295 |
| 1950s | 720 | #1,020 (1954) | #1,191 |
| 1960s | 753 | #1,199 (1961) | #1,268 |
| 1970s | 574 | #1,182 (1970) | #1,809 |
| 1980s | 303 | #2,470 (1984) | #3,053 |
| 1990s | 180 | #3,364 (1990) | #5,953 |
| 2000s | 128 | #4,834 (2001) | #9,061 |
| 2010s | 36 | #11,257 (2012) | #13,162 |
| 2020s | 13 | #12,197 (2023) | #12,825 |
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.
Felice in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 27,165 of them was named Felice, which outranked 83.4% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,594Renata57
- #1,594Shalanda57
- #1,594Treena57
- #1,607Felice56
- #1,607Anitra56
- #1,607Ashli56
- #1,607Darcey56
- #1,627Alaina55
- #1,627Amiee55
- #1,627Andre55
Tied with 19 names at #1,607; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 180,179 of them was named Felice, which outranked 41.9% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,152Zac10
- #3,152Zacharia10
- #3,152Zebedee10
- #3,344Felice9
- #3,344Abran9
- #3,344Adaryll9
- #3,344Aimee9
- #3,622Afshin8
- #3,622Aj8
- #3,622Akbar8
Tied with 277 names at #3,344; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.