How rare is the name Felicity?

13,421 people in the United States have the first name Felicity, about 1 in 22,504. It ranks #2,031 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

FELICITY

#2,031

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,421
About
1 in 22,504
This common or more
78.2%
Who bears it

Of the 13,421 people named Felicity, 65.7% reported their origin as White, 16.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 7.1% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Felicity peaked in 2017, when 938 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19352025
Peak year
2017
Births that year
938
In 2025*
653 ▼30%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 18,565 babies have been given the name since 1935. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Felicity by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #896. The largest share of babies named Felicity, 53%, were born in 2013 or later.

1930s#9,74313
1940s#7,95934
1950s#6,20189
1960s#5,359140
1970s#3,521378
1980s#3,564471
1990s#1,8161,799
2000s#1,1454,574
2010s#8966,888
2020s#9044,179
Silent Generation 1928–450.1%
Baby boom 1946–640.9%
Generation X 1965–802.7%
Millennials 1981–965.9%
Generation Z 1997–1237.3%
2013 and later53%

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.

Where Felicity is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Felicity has been most common in Utah (2.9×), Idaho (2.1×), and Arizona (2×), and least common in Mississippi (0.16×).

16,106 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Felicity

#2,029 Lyndsey · 13,474#2,030 Kiersten · 13,430#2,032 Leighton · 13,417#2,033 Doyle · 13,415

Spelled almost the same

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

#3,612 Felicitas · 5,660#4,059 Felicita · 4,773#24,534 Felicito · 392#27,915 Felicite · 325#44,846 Felecity · 153#50,823 Felisita · 117

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