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Felicia

Gender
Girl
Say it
fe-LISS-ee-a
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#2,509 for girls
US rank, 2025
#5,553 for girls

Felicia is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “lucky, happy”. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 5,553rd for girls in the US (22 babies).

What does Felicia mean?

Latin: feminine of Felix

“lucky, happy”

Feminine form of Felix, from the Latin for lucky or happy.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Felicia a girl's or a boy's name?

Felicia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 22 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Felicia in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,509among girls
Babies in 2025
11about 1 in 25,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 30% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Felicia, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,389th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 31 girls.

Half of all the girls named Felicia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 31 in 20162025
Felicia in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202511#2,509
202412#2,323
202319#1,666
202211#2,450
202114#2,069
202024#1,389
201920#1,599
201816#1,904
201721#1,597
201631#1,189
201520#1,622
201429#1,235
201325#1,402
201218#1,756
201123#1,421
201015#1,912
200923#1,360
200821#1,443
200718#1,544
200624#1,188
200522#1,215
200421#1,194
20036#2,877
20029#2,040
200119#1,155
200014#1,415
199911#1,653
199816#1,289
199718#1,164
199611#1,621

How popular is Felicia in the US?

Rank in 2025
#5,553among girls
Babies in 2025
22about 1 in 73,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 11% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 22 girls in the US were named Felicia, making it the 5,553rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,001st. Its busiest year was 1986, with 3,084 girls.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Felicia than any year since 1904.

Half of all the girls named Felicia in the US since 1880 were born between 1967 and 1988, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 3,084 in 19862025
Felicia in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202522#5,553
202431#4,471
202338#3,909
202240#3,763
202130#4,503
202025#5,001
201939#3,787
201838#3,852
201745#3,435
201649#3,280
201576#2,408
201487#2,176
2013116#1,761
2012151#1,491
2011157#1,440
2010130#1,639
2009139#1,612
2008170#1,395
2007197#1,252
2006237#1,074
2005247#989
2004280#878
2003380#687
2002453#576
2001476#553
2000563#482
1999665#417
1998750#378
1997799#349
19961,083#263
19951,351#211
19941,631#181
19931,949#159
19922,092#146
19912,620#121
19902,703#121
19892,749#111
19882,703#105
19872,909#96
19863,084#89
19852,738#101
19841,484#185
19831,504#181
19821,425#195
19811,630#168
19801,723#164
19791,851#153
19781,940#140
19772,219#128
19762,098#130
19752,402#116
19742,041#137
19732,070#138
19722,360#128
19712,809#124
19702,540#139
19692,236#146
19681,935#167
19672,090#159
19662,134#161
19652,191#164
19641,832#199
19631,663#209
19621,609#212
19611,459#225
19601,401#228
1959834#324
1958601#373
1957581#376
1956468#419
1955340#497
1954289#523
1953268#524
1952205#606
1951161#689
1950155#688
1949127#764
1948145#688
1947138#724
1946108#791
194598#758
1944109#725
1943110#736
1942116#689
194187#773
1940101#693
193999#680
1938114#642
1937101#677
193688#711
193562#874
193490#703
193393#678
193286#724
193159#899
193078#800
1929103#691
192890#750
1927127#632
192691#757
1925111#698
1924104#726
1923106#708
1922134#633
1921121#672
1920101#720
1919112#660
1918125#632
1917132#595
1916110#647
1915141#531
191479#651
191378#577
191264#615
191150#605
191034#723
190932#706
190838#617
190736#624
190624#742
190524#734
190418#853
190324#680
190223#716
190121#699
190020#833
189918#756
189816#840
189717#761
189611#999
189525#607
189410#998
18937#1,175
18929#1,017
18919#943
18909#940
188911#802
188814#690
18879#788
188614#606
18855#1,047
188412#614
18830–
18829#634
18818#623
18807#679

Names like Felicia

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Olivia Maria Victoria Valencia Emilia Sara Julia Natalia Francesca Amelia Antonia Cecilia

Names related to Felicia

Felice Felecia

More Latin names

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Felicia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/felicia, updated 20 October 2026.