Felicita
Felicita is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 196436 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1885
- 1,884people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,884 girls have been named Felicita in the United States since 1885, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1964, with 36 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 36 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1961, and the 1970s alone account for 15%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Felicita | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1890s | 32 | |
| 1900s | 49 | |
| 1910s | 109 | |
| 1920s | 180 | |
| 1930s | 142 | |
| 1940s | 145 | |
| 1950s | 236 | |
| 1960s | 280 | |
| 1970s | 290 | |
| 1980s | 203 | |
| 1990s | 124 | |
| 2000s | 83 | |
| 2020s | 6 |
In 1964, its biggest year
Felicita was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1964 were Lisa, Mary, Susan, Karen and Patricia. See all of 1964.
Names that rose and fell with Felicita
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Elbapeak 1956
- Carmelitapeak 1973
- Franciscapeak 1928
- Lorinapeak 1986
- Ursulapeak 1967
- Theressapeak 1961
- Bertinapeak 1971
- Angelitapeak 1975
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.