Felicity

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: English

Meaning

Felicity is a feminine given name of English origin meaning "happiness". It is derived from the Latin word felicitas meaning "luck, good fortune". It is also used as a form of the Latin name Felicitas, taken from the name of the Ancient Roman goddess Fortuna.

From Wikipedia

Felicity first appears in the data in 1935 and has been recorded in 81 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2017 with 938 babies (rank #345 that year). In 2024 it was given to 628 girls (rank #486). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Felicity

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

17,905
Total babies (all years)
81
Years in the data
938
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19356#3,918
19367#3,487
19445#4,794
19466#4,610
19479#3,812
19485#5,508
19499#3,707
19509#3,770
195110#3,563
19526#5,106
195313#3,169
195413#3,211
195510#3,870
19567#4,986
19579#4,329
19586#5,627
19596#5,774
196014#3,409
19628#5,000
196315#3,382
196416#3,285
196525#2,425
196615#3,301
196718#2,996
196811#4,290
196918#3,235
197029#2,535
197130#2,500
197240#2,000
197337#2,143
197436#2,227
197552#1,787
197633#2,450
197742#2,194
197834#2,530
197945#2,195
198045#2,227
198149#2,091
198249#2,084
198341#2,322
198447#2,121
198540#2,449
198645#2,277
198752#2,106
198851#2,227
198952#2,285
199065#2,056
199168#2,023
199291#1,666
1993104#1,510
1994103#1,515
1995121#1,360
1996123#1,370
1997147#1,221
1998260#818
1999717#390
2000634#447
2001549#503
2002499#549
2003430#624
2004379#707
2005404#686
2006468#621
2007412#710
2008433#697
2009360#786
2010358#764
2011427#664
2012436#654
2013500#576
2014626#499
2015911#360
2016922#356
2017938#345
2018896#355
2019872#361
2020809#384
2021709#438
2022696#453
2023679#455
2024628#486