How rare is the name Felicita?

4,773 people in the United States have the first name Felicita, about 1 in 63,279. It ranks #4,059 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

FELICITA

#4,059

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,773
About
1 in 63,279
This common or more
83.5%
Who bears it

Of the 4,773 people named Felicita, 91.4% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 3.1% as White and 2.7% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Felicita peaked in 1964, when 36 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18852021
Peak year
1964
Births that year
36
In 2021
6 ▼83%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 1,884 babies have been given the name since 1885. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Felicita by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1890s, when it ranked #2,546. The largest share of babies named Felicita, 23.9%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1880s#3,1215
1890s#2,54632
1900s#2,69249
1910s#3,924109
1920s#3,721180
1930s#3,846142
1940s#4,071145
1950s#3,614236
1960s#3,638280
1970s#4,204290
1980s#6,325203
1990s#11,260124
2000s#18,26383
2020s#36,8006
Before 19012%
Greatest Generation 1901–2715.8%
Silent Generation 1928–4514.1%
Baby boom 1946–6423.9%
Generation X 1965–8023.2%
Millennials 1981–9614.2%
Generation Z 1997–126.5%
2013 and later0.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Exactly as common as Felicita

1 other first name also has 4,773 people.

#4,059 Roxane · 4,773

Either side of Felicita

#4,057 Robinson · 4,778#4,058 Leidy · 4,777#4,059 Roxane · 4,773#4,061 Deisy · 4,771

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Felicita, most common first.

#2,031 Felicity · 13,421#3,612 Felicitas · 5,660#9,469 Felicidad · 1,465#24,534 Felicito · 392#27,915 Felicite · 325#44,846 Felecity · 153#47,684 Felisitas · 136#50,823 Felisita · 117

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