Felicity
Felicity is ranked 486th among girls in 2024 (628 births). Its best rank was 345th, in 2017.
- Rank in 2024
- #486down 31 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 6280.04% of girls
- Peak year
- 2017938 births
- Best rank
- #345in 2017
- Since 1935
- 17,899people given the name
The story in the numbers
17,899 girls have been named Felicity in the United States since 1935, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2017, with 938 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 499 → 486).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2013, and the 2010s alone account for 38%. It has spent 27 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Felicity | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 13 | |
| 1940s | 34 | |
| 1950s | 89 | |
| 1960s | 140 | |
| 1970s | 378 | |
| 1980s | 471 | |
| 1990s | 1,799 | |
| 2000s | 4,568 | |
| 2010s | 6,886 | |
| 2020s | 3,521 |
In 2017, its biggest year
Felicity was the 345th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2017 were Emma, Olivia, Ava, Isabella and Sophia. See all of 2017.
Names that rose and fell with Felicity
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Heavenlypeak 2016
- Harleepeak 2017
- Jensynpeak 2019
- Harleighpeak 2017
- Aislinnpeak 2018
- Skylarpeak 2015
- Aminahpeak 2017
- Armonipeak 2019
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.