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 2017
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alaska#104 · 1 in 321
- Nebraska#137 · 1 in 524
- Utah#157 · 1 in 609
- Montana#168 · 1 in 457
- New Hampshire#176 · 1 in 582
Best ever in a state: #58 in Wyoming, 2016.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | #104 | 7 | 1 in 321 |
| Nebraska | #137 | 15 | 1 in 524 |
| Utah | #157 | 28 | 1 in 609 |
| Montana | #168 | 6 | 1 in 457 |
| New Hampshire | #176 | 6 | 1 in 582 |
| North Dakota | #182 | 6 | 1 in 510 |
| Missouri | #187 | 32 | 1 in 812 |
| Oregon | #193 | 20 | 1 in 725 |
| Wisconsin | #207 | 26 | 1 in 868 |
| Hawaii | #208 | 5 | 1 in 583 |
| Idaho | #211 | 9 | 1 in 702 |
| Kentucky | #213 | 21 | 1 in 851 |
| Colorado | #242 | 22 | 1 in 1,028 |
| Michigan | #244 | 38 | 1 in 1,086 |
| Massachusetts | #271 | 22 | 1 in 1,146 |
| Pennsylvania | #283 | 43 | 1 in 1,189 |
| Minnesota | #284 | 21 | 1 in 1,139 |
| Washington | #285 | 25 | 1 in 1,243 |
| Kansas | #291 | 11 | 1 in 1,090 |
| Ohio | #292 | 38 | 1 in 1,363 |
| North Carolina | #293 | 35 | 1 in 1,297 |
| Tennessee | #315 | 24 | 1 in 1,275 |
| Illinois | #317 | 38 | 1 in 1,462 |
| Maryland | #321 | 18 | 1 in 1,293 |
| Indiana | #346 | 20 | 1 in 1,505 |
| Florida | #367 | 49 | 1 in 1,754 |
| Virginia | #368 | 22 | 1 in 1,638 |
| Louisiana | #371 | 14 | 1 in 1,420 |
| Connecticut | #391 | 7 | 1 in 1,681 |
| New Jersey | #393 | 20 | 1 in 1,798 |
| Iowa | #394 | 8 | 1 in 1,557 |
| Arizona | #401 | 17 | 1 in 1,769 |
| Arkansas | #425 | 7 | 1 in 1,605 |
| Texas | #427 | 76 | 1 in 2,104 |
| Nevada | #446 | 6 | 1 in 1,806 |
| Alabama | #461 | 10 | 1 in 1,918 |
| South Carolina | #467 | 9 | 1 in 1,973 |
| California | #474 | 81 | 1 in 2,417 |
| New York | #581 | 30 | 1 in 2,933 |
| Georgia | #619 | 16 | 1 in 2,945 |
| Oklahoma | #625 | 6 | 1 in 2,624 |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
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| 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 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 2017
Top girls' names in 2017
More about 2017
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1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 1,841 of them was named Felicity, which outranked 98.1% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #342Evelynn945
- #343Haley944
- #344Miranda939
- #345Felicity938
- #345Kaitlyn938
- #347Daniella932
- #348Angel931
- #349Evie930
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
- ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
- ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
- ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
- ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.