Felicia

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

The name Felicia derives from the Latin adjective felix, meaning "happy, lucky", though in the neuter plural form felicia it literally means "happy things" and often occurred in the phrase tempora felicia, "happy times".

From Wikipedia

Felicia first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 144 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1986 with 3,084 babies (rank #90 that year). In 2024 it was given to 31 girls (rank #4,489). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Felicia

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Felicia yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

9Destiny numberThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
6Soul urgeThe carerNurturing, responsible, family at the centre.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
3PersonalityThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

91,351

Total babies (all years)

144

Years in the data

3,084

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Felicia

Felicia DayYouTuber · b. 1979
Felicia Hemanspoet · b. 1793
Felicia Erikssonsinger · b. 2001

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	7	#697
1881	8	#647
1882	9	#646
1884	12	#622
1885	5	#1,095
1886	14	#616
1887	9	#813
1888	14	#698
1889	11	#817
1890	9	#966
1891	9	#961
1892	9	#1,036
1893	7	#1,217
1894	10	#1,020
1895	25	#615
1896	11	#1,011
1897	17	#771
1898	16	#856
1899	18	#769
1900	20	#840
1901	21	#706
1902	23	#721
1903	24	#683
1904	18	#860
1905	24	#745
1906	24	#747
1907	36	#627
1908	38	#619
1909	32	#711
1910	34	#731
1911	50	#607
1912	64	#616
1913	78	#577
1914	79	#654
1915	141	#532
1916	110	#648
1917	132	#595
1918	125	#636
1919	112	#661
1920	101	#721
1921	121	#674
1922	134	#634
1923	106	#708
1924	104	#726
1925	111	#699
1926	91	#761
1927	127	#632
1928	90	#751
1929	103	#692
1930	78	#804
1931	59	#903
1932	86	#726
1933	93	#678
1934	90	#703
1935	62	#876
1936	88	#712
1937	101	#678
1938	114	#642
1939	99	#682
1940	101	#694
1941	87	#774
1942	116	#692
1943	110	#737
1944	109	#725
1945	98	#759
1946	108	#791
1947	138	#727
1948	145	#690
1949	127	#767
1950	155	#691
1951	161	#692
1952	205	#607
1953	268	#525
1954	289	#524
1955	340	#499
1956	468	#420
1957	581	#376
1958	601	#373
1959	834	#324
1960	1,401	#228
1961	1,458	#225
1962	1,609	#212
1963	1,663	#209
1964	1,832	#200
1965	2,191	#164
1966	2,134	#161
1967	2,090	#159
1968	1,935	#167
1969	2,236	#146
1970	2,540	#139
1971	2,809	#124
1972	2,360	#128
1973	2,070	#138
1974	2,041	#137
1975	2,402	#116
1976	2,098	#130
1977	2,219	#128
1978	1,939	#140
1979	1,852	#152
1980	1,723	#164
1981	1,631	#168
1982	1,425	#195
1983	1,505	#181
1984	1,484	#185
1985	2,738	#101
1986	3,084	#90
1987	2,909	#96
1988	2,703	#105
1989	2,750	#111
1990	2,703	#121
1991	2,620	#121
1992	2,092	#146
1993	1,949	#159
1994	1,631	#181
1995	1,351	#211
1996	1,083	#263
1997	800	#348
1998	749	#378
1999	665	#417
2000	563	#483
2001	476	#553
2002	453	#577
2003	380	#689
2004	280	#878
2005	247	#990
2006	237	#1,075
2007	197	#1,254
2008	170	#1,400
2009	139	#1,614
2010	130	#1,641
2011	157	#1,441
2012	151	#1,494
2013	116	#1,767
2014	87	#2,181
2015	76	#2,417
2016	49	#3,296
2017	45	#3,451
2018	38	#3,875
2019	39	#3,812
2020	25	#5,066
2021	30	#4,543
2022	40	#3,784
2023	38	#3,929
2024	31	#4,489