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
- Peak · girls
- 2017 · 938 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 18,559since 1935
Felicity over time
Rank among girls' names. Felicity has never cracked the top 300 here.
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 | #473 | 653 | — | |
| 2024 | #485 | 631 | — | |
| 2023 | #455 | 681 | — | |
| 2022 | #453 | 696 | — | |
| 2021 | #438 | 709 | — | |
| 2020 | #383 | 809 | — | |
| 2019 | #361 | 873 | — | |
| 2018 | #355 | 896 | — | |
| 2017 | #345 | 938 | — | |
| 2016 | #356 | 922 | — | |
| 2015 | #360 | 911 | — | |
| 2014 | #499 | 626 | — | |
| 2013 | #576 | 500 | — | |
| 2012 | #651 | 437 | — | |
| 2011 | #663 | 427 | — | |
| 2010 | #764 | 358 | — | |
| 2009 | #784 | 360 | — | |
| 2008 | #697 | 433 | — | |
| 2007 | #710 | 412 | — | |
| 2006 | #621 | 468 | — | |
| 2005 | #686 | 404 | — | |
| 2004 | #707 | 379 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #624 | 430 | — | |
| 2002 | #549 | 499 | — | |
| 2001 | #503 | 549 | — | |
| 2000 | #446 | 634 | — | |
| 1999 | #390 | 717 | — | |
| 1998 | #818 | 260 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,218 | 147 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,368 | 123 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,355 | 121 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,511 | 103 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,507 | 104 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,661 | 91 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,014 | 68 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,053 | 65 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,278 | 52 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,216 | 51 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,098 | 52 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,265 | 45 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,440 | 40 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,111 | 47 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,310 | 41 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,082 | 49 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,085 | 49 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,218 | 45 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,187 | 45 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,516 | 34 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,189 | 42 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,439 | 33 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,780 | 52 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,213 | 36 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,127 | 37 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,989 | 40 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,477 | 30 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,522 | 29 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,199 | 18 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,963 | 18 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,266 | 15 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,411 | 25 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,244 | 16 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,336 | 15 | — | |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | — | |
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | #3,357 | 14 | — | |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | — | |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | — | |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 | — | |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,157 | 13 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,106 | 13 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,482 | 10 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 | — | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | — | |
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| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | — | |
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| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | — | |
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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 2004
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New Mexico#246 · 1 in 906
- Oklahoma#269 · 1 in 1,124
- Tennessee#497 · 1 in 2,769
- Kentucky#503 · 1 in 2,434
- Iowa#517 · 1 in 2,715
Best ever in a state: #58 in Wyoming, 2016.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #246 | 9 | 1 in 906 |
| Oklahoma | #269 | 15 | 1 in 1,124 |
| Tennessee | #497 | 11 | 1 in 2,769 |
| Kentucky | #503 | 8 | 1 in 2,434 |
| Iowa | #517 | 5 | 1 in 2,715 |
| Texas | #519 | 56 | 1 in 2,844 |
| Wisconsin | #539 | 8 | 1 in 3,110 |
| Oregon | #550 | 6 | 1 in 2,650 |
| Kansas | #560 | 5 | 1 in 2,709 |
| Arizona | #580 | 12 | 1 in 2,869 |
| Ohio | #596 | 15 | 1 in 3,835 |
| Utah | #609 | 6 | 1 in 3,043 |
| North Carolina | #625 | 13 | 1 in 3,419 |
| Pennsylvania | #639 | 13 | 1 in 4,264 |
| Massachusetts | #648 | 7 | 1 in 4,186 |
| Louisiana | #655 | 6 | 1 in 3,465 |
| Alabama | #697 | 5 | 1 in 3,873 |
| Florida | #700 | 19 | 1 in 4,316 |
| Washington | #720 | 7 | 1 in 4,112 |
| Michigan | #724 | 10 | 1 in 4,824 |
| Minnesota | #756 | 5 | 1 in 5,251 |
| Indiana | #805 | 6 | 1 in 5,420 |
| California | #821 | 42 | 1 in 5,448 |
| New Jersey | #874 | 7 | 1 in 5,944 |
| New York | #996 | 14 | 1 in 6,929 |
| Illinois | #1,153 | 8 | 1 in 8,562 |
| Georgia | #1,229 | 6 | 1 in 8,421 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1935
- Peaked 2017 at #345 (938 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1998–2025
- 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%)
- 37.1% of all girls named Felicity (6,888) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 13 | #3,376 (1936) | #3,559 |
| 1940s | 34 | #3,612 (1949) | #4,310 |
| 1950s | 89 | #3,106 (1953) | #4,211 |
| 1960s | 140 | #2,411 (1965) | #3,429 |
| 1970s | 378 | #1,780 (1975) | #2,244 |
| 1980s | 471 | #2,082 (1982) | #2,210 |
| 1990s | 1,799 | #390 (1999) | #1,390 |
| 2000s | 4,568 | #446 (2000) | #633 |
| 2010s | 6,888 | #345 (2017) | #493 |
| 2020s | 4,179 | #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 2004
Top girls' names in 2004
Top boys' names in 2004
More about 2004
girls
1,836,250 girls got a published name in 2004; 1 in 4,845 of them was named Felicity, which outranked 96.2% of the 18,835 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,984,979 boys got a published name in 2004; 1 in 330,830 of them was named Felicity, which outranked 24.8% of the 13,228 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #8,927Zohar7
- #8,927Zy7
- #8,927Zyshawn7
- #9,948Felicity6
- #9,948Aadon6
- #9,948Aalim6
- #9,948Aamari6
- #11,356Aadin5
- #11,356Aareon5
- #11,356Aaronjosh5
Tied with 1,407 names at #9,948; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.