Felicitas
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #12,161
- Peak · girls
- 1928 · 67 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,990since 1889
Felicitas over time
Rank among girls' names. Felicitas has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 |
| 2000 | #7,158 | 14 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 |
| 1996 | #5,531 | 17 |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 |
| 1989 | #5,286 | 16 |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 |
| 1985 | #5,077 | 14 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 |
| 1983 | #4,686 | 15 |
| 1982 | #3,418 | 24 |
| 1981 | #4,344 | 17 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 |
| 1979 | #3,668 | 21 |
| 1978 | #4,079 | 17 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 |
| 1974 | #4,227 | 14 |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 |
| 1972 | #3,894 | 15 |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 |
| 1968 | #2,874 | 20 |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 |
| 1966 | #3,558 | 13 |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 |
| 1964 | #4,096 | 11 |
| 1963 | #3,066 | 17 |
| 1962 | #3,782 | 12 |
| 1961 | #2,543 | 23 |
| 1960 | #3,212 | 15 |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 |
| 1958 | #3,085 | 15 |
| 1957 | #3,309 | 13 |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 |
| 1955 | #2,725 | 17 |
| 1954 | #2,076 | 26 |
| 1953 | #2,699 | 16 |
| 1952 | #2,327 | 20 |
| 1951 | #3,106 | 12 |
| 1950 | #2,652 | 15 |
| 1949 | #1,845 | 27 |
| 1948 | #1,901 | 25 |
| 1947 | #2,637 | 15 |
| 1946 | #2,318 | 17 |
| 1945 | #1,941 | 19 |
| 1944 | #1,967 | 19 |
| 1943 | #1,900 | 21 |
| 1942 | #1,917 | 20 |
| 1941 | #1,696 | 22 |
| 1940 | #1,635 | 23 |
| 1939 | #2,300 | 13 |
| 1938 | #1,805 | 19 |
| 1937 | #1,999 | 16 |
| 1936 | #1,206 | 35 |
| 1935 | #1,381 | 28 |
| 1934 | #1,263 | 32 |
| 1933 | #1,970 | 16 |
| 1932 | #1,162 | 38 |
| 1931 | #1,163 | 38 |
| 1930 | #1,251 | 36 |
| 1929 | #1,064 | 47 |
| 1928 | #896 | 67 |
| 1927 | #1,172 | 43 |
| 1926 | #1,096 | 47 |
| 1925 | #1,225 | 40 |
| 1924 | #1,123 | 48 |
| 1923 | #1,267 | 38 |
| 1922 | #1,464 | 31 |
| 1921 | #1,222 | 40 |
| 1920 | #1,470 | 30 |
| 1919 | #1,481 | 28 |
| 1918 | #1,754 | 22 |
| 1917 | #1,708 | 21 |
| 1916 | #1,408 | 27 |
| 1915 | #1,439 | 25 |
| 1914 | #1,541 | 18 |
| 1913 | #1,465 | 16 |
| 1912 | #1,218 | 19 |
| 1911 | #1,450 | 11 |
| 1910 | #1,267 | 13 |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,512 | 8 |
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,251 | 9 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,438 | 7 |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 |
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Felicitas! It came in at #1,279, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1889–1897, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Felicitas is popular in 1928
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#283 · 1 in 1,401
- California#352 · 1 in 2,827
Best ever in a state: #161 in Arizona, 1920.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Texas | #283 | 43 | 1 in 1,401 |
| California | #352 | 13 | 1 in 2,827 |
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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 Felicitas
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 276 spots in 1928 (#1,172 → #896)
- Biggest drop: 168 spots in 1929 (#896 → #1,064)
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1928 at #896 (67 births)
- Births halved by 1933, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1928
- Highest: 1 in 17,214 girls born in 1928 were named Felicitas (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 231,456 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 21.7% of all girls named Felicitas (431) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,279 (1889) | #1,279 |
| 1890s | 17 | #1,394 (1899) | #1,493 |
| 1900s | 49 | #1,251 (1904) | #1,573 |
| 1910s | 200 | #1,218 (1912) | #1,473 |
| 1920s | 431 | #896 (1928) | #1,200 |
| 1930s | 271 | #1,162 (1932) | #1,550 |
| 1940s | 208 | #1,635 (1940) | #1,976 |
| 1950s | 151 | #2,076 (1954) | #3,075 |
| 1960s | 143 | #2,543 (1961) | #3,580 |
| 1970s | 131 | #3,668 (1979) | #4,707 |
| 1980s | 130 | #3,418 (1982) | #6,142 |
| 1990s | 106 | #5,531 (1996) | #8,817 |
| 2000s | 87 | #7,158 (2000) | #11,698 |
| 2010s | 41 | #13,799 (2019) | #14,720 |
| 2020s | 20 | #11,231 (2022) | #12,881 |
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.
Felicitas in 1928
Top girls' names in 1928
More about 1928
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1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 17,214 of them was named Felicitas, which outranked 83.5% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #888Joye68
- #888Maurice68
- #888Merna68
- #896Felicitas67
- #896Cathleen67
- #896Elmer67
- #896Juliet67
- #902Adelina66
- #902Altha66
- #902Bridget66
Tied with 5 names at #896; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.