How rare is the name Felicitas?

5,660 people in the United States have the first name Felicitas, about 1 in 53,362. It ranks #3,612 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

FELICITAS

#3,612

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,660
About
1 in 53,362
This common or more
82.7%
Who bears it

Of the 5,660 people named Felicitas, 78.2% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 16.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 3.7% as White. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Felicitas peaked in 1928, when 67 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18892024
Peak year
1928
Births that year
67
In 2024
7 ▼90%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 1,990 babies have been given the name since 1889. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Felicitas by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #2,129. The largest share of babies named Felicitas, 28.1%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#3,1215
1890s#3,01517
1900s#2,69249
1910s#2,648200
1920s#2,129431
1930s#2,599271
1940s#3,323208
1950s#4,646151
1960s#5,296143
1970s#7,013131
1980s#8,480130
1990s#12,488106
2000s#17,73187
2010s#26,45441
2020s#26,89920
Before 19011.4%
Greatest Generation 1901–2728.1%
Silent Generation 1928–4525.6%
Baby boom 1946–6415.7%
Generation X 1965–8010.2%
Millennials 1981–969.8%
Generation Z 1997–126.9%
2013 and later2.2%

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.

Spelled almost the same

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

Also a last name

As a last name, Felicitas ranks #88,925 of 156,621, with 224 people. See Felicitas as a last name

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