Felicity

#473 for girls in 2025, 653 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #9,948
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2017 · 938 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
18,559
since 1935

Felicity over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Felicity has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201998peak #345, 2017girls
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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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2025#473653—
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2019#361873—
2018#355896—
2017#345938—
2016#356922—
2015#360911—
2014#499626—
2013#576500—
2012#651437—
2011#663427—
2010#764358—
2009#784360—
2008#697433—
2007#710412—
2006#621468—
2005#686404—
2004#707379#9,9486
2003#624430—
2002#549499—
2001#503549—
2000#446634—
1999#390717—
1998#818260—
1997#1,218147—
1996#1,368123—
1995#1,355121—
1994#1,511103—
1993#1,507104—
1992#1,66191—
1991#2,01468—
1990#2,05365—
1989#2,27852—
1988#2,21651—
1987#2,09852—
1986#2,26545—
1985#2,44040—
1984#2,11147—
1983#2,31041—
1982#2,08249—
1981#2,08549—
1980#2,21845—
1979#2,18745—
1978#2,51634—
1977#2,18942—
1976#2,43933—
1975#1,78052—
1974#2,21336—
1973#2,12737—
1972#1,98940—
1971#2,47730—
1970#2,52229—
1969#3,19918—
1968#4,22211—
1967#2,96318—
1966#3,26615—
1965#2,41125—
1964#3,24416—
1963#3,33615—
1962#4,8658—
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First appearance
1935

The first year at least five girls were named Felicity! It came in at #3,742, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1937–1945, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Felicity is popular in 1998

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Felicity, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Felicity, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Felicity, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Felicity, so not publishedNHWashington: #755 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,872 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Felicity, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Felicity, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Felicity, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Felicity, so not publishedMNIllinois: #910 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,042 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Felicity, so not publishedWIMichigan: #886 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,360 girlsMINew York: #614 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 4,029 girlsNYMassachusetts: #747 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,381 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Felicity, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Felicity, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Felicity, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Felicity, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Felicity, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Felicity, so not publishedIAIndiana: #830 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,616 girlsINOhio: #850 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 7,703 girlsOHPennsylvania: #734 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,830 girlsPANew Jersey: #589 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,148 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Felicity, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,039 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 8,841 girlsCAUtah: #401 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,065 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Felicity, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Felicity, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Felicity, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Felicity, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Felicity, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Felicity, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Felicity, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Felicity, so not publishedDEArizona: #642 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,652 girlsAZNew Mexico: #389 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,693 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Felicity, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Felicity, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Felicity, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #1,015 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,418 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Felicity, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Felicity, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #591 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,381 girlsOKLouisiana: #500 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,731 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Felicity, so not publishedMSAlabama: #637 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,169 girlsALGeorgia: #873 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,363 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Felicity, so not publishedHITexas: #649 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 4,219 girlsTXFlorida: #957 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,428 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Mexico#389 · 1 in 1,693
  2. Utah#401 · 1 in 2,065
  3. Louisiana#500 · 1 in 2,731
  4. New Jersey#589 · 1 in 4,148
  5. Oklahoma#591 · 1 in 3,381

Best ever in a state: #58 in Wyoming, 2016.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#38951 in 1,693
Utah#40181 in 2,065
Louisiana#50081 in 2,731
New Jersey#589101 in 4,148
Oklahoma#59151 in 3,381
New York#614251 in 4,029
Alabama#63751 in 4,169
Arizona#64281 in 3,652
Texas#649341 in 4,219
Pennsylvania#734101 in 5,830
Massachusetts#74751 in 6,381
Washington#75561 in 4,872
Indiana#83051 in 6,616
Ohio#85081 in 7,703
Georgia#87371 in 6,363
Michigan#88671 in 7,360
Illinois#910101 in 7,042
Florida#957101 in 7,428
North Carolina#1,01551 in 8,418
California#1,039251 in 8,841
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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 Felicity
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 12 spots since 2024 (#485 → #473)
  • 90 spots since 2020 (#383 → #473)
  • 113 spots since 2015 (#360 → #473)
  • Biggest jump: 428 spots in 1999 (#818 → #390)
  • Biggest drop: 89 spots in 2007 (#621 → #710)
Rise & fade · girls
82 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1935
  • Peaked 2017 at #345 (938 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 28 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1998–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,841
  • Highest: 1 in 1,841 girls born in 2017 were named Felicity (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,461 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 37.1% of all girls named Felicity (6,888) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s13#3,376 (1936)#3,559
1940s34#3,612 (1949)#4,310
1950s89#3,106 (1953)#4,211
1960s140#2,411 (1965)#3,429
1970s378#1,780 (1975)#2,244
1980s471#2,082 (1982)#2,210
1990s1,799#390 (1999)#1,390
2000s4,568#446 (2000)#633
2010s6,888#345 (2017)#493
2020s4,179#383 (2020)#448

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.

Felicity in 1998

girls
#818
260 births · 1 in 6,796 girls

Top girls' names in 1998

  1. #1Emily26,188
  2. #2Hannah21,376
  3. #3Samantha20,195
  4. #4Sarah19,898
  5. #5Ashley19,875
  6. #6Alexis19,778
  7. #7Taylor18,576
  8. #8Jessica18,239
  9. #9Madison17,787
  10. #10Elizabeth15,193
  11. #818Felicity260
More about 1998

girls

1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 6,796 of them was named Felicity, which outranked 95.1% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Felicity
  1. #815Camila261
  2. #815Kaylah261
  3. #815Tatianna261
  4. #818Felicity260
  5. #818Ireland260
  6. #818Sarina260
  7. #818Tamera260
  8. #822Katerina259
  9. #822Lara259
  10. #822Myranda259

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,123Calista#2,820 → #697
  2. ↑ 1,165Ireland#1,983 → #818
  3. ↑ 1,158Abril#2,116 → #958
  4. ↑ 755Mya#993 → #238
  5. ↑ 619Ally#1,036 → #417
Fallers
  1. ↓ 586Yulissa#424 → #1,010
  2. ↓ 462Moesha#943 → #1,405
  3. ↓ 397Yulisa#985 → #1,382
  4. ↓ 376Tonya#905 → #1,281
  5. ↓ 347Xena#765 → #1,112

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

See the top 100 for 1998 →