Feliciano
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- feh-lee-SYAH-noh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #4,856 for boys
Feliciano is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “lucky, happy”. In 2025 it ranked 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Feliciano mean?
Latin: Spanish and Italian form of Felicianus, from Felix
“lucky, happy”
Is Feliciano a girl's or a boy's name?
Feliciano is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Feliciano in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,856th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Feliciano, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 1979, with 40 boys. It first appears in the records in 1911.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had more boys named Feliciano than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Feliciano in the US since 1880 were born between 1951 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
Feliciano in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,676 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,276 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,392 |
| 2007 | 27 | #3,791 |
| 2006 | 28 | #3,600 |
| 2005 | 30 | #3,315 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,124 |
| 2003 | 28 | #3,275 |
| 2002 | 24 | #3,549 |
| 2001 | 33 | #2,792 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 31 | #2,718 |
| 1998 | 28 | #2,848 |
| 1997 | 37 | #2,257 |
| 1996 | 19 | #3,543 |
| 1995 | 24 | #2,918 |
| 1994 | 33 | #2,342 |
| 1993 | 40 | #2,002 |
| 1992 | 27 | #2,593 |
| 1991 | 26 | #2,600 |
| 1990 | 40 | #1,904 |
| 1989 | 38 | #1,914 |
| 1988 | 21 | #2,677 |
| 1987 | 26 | #2,211 |
| 1986 | 18 | #2,776 |
| 1985 | 23 | #2,292 |
| 1984 | 24 | #2,158 |
| 1983 | 31 | #1,786 |
| 1982 | 34 | #1,699 |
| 1981 | 39 | #1,547 |
| 1980 | 39 | #1,547 |
| 1979 | 40 | #1,487 |
| 1978 | 31 | #1,718 |
| 1977 | 30 | #1,743 |
| 1976 | 36 | #1,501 |
| 1975 | 21 | #2,133 |
| 1974 | 29 | #1,659 |
| 1973 | 33 | #1,485 |
| 1972 | 30 | #1,566 |
| 1971 | 19 | #2,125 |
| 1970 | 33 | #1,461 |
| 1969 | 20 | #1,860 |
| 1968 | 24 | #1,613 |
| 1967 | 15 | #2,029 |
| 1966 | 18 | #1,813 |
| 1965 | 17 | #1,917 |
| 1964 | 20 | #1,792 |
| 1963 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1962 | 15 | #2,116 |
| 1961 | 24 | #1,634 |
| 1960 | 23 | #1,691 |
| 1959 | 16 | #2,032 |
| 1958 | 20 | #1,765 |
| 1957 | 15 | #2,092 |
| 1956 | 18 | #1,885 |
| 1955 | 13 | #2,218 |
| 1954 | 17 | #1,886 |
| 1953 | 8 | #2,904 |
| 1952 | 25 | #1,516 |
| 1951 | 12 | #2,245 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,018 |
| 1949 | 17 | #1,819 |
| 1948 | 11 | #2,325 |
| 1947 | 24 | #1,518 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,029 |
| 1945 | 26 | #1,295 |
| 1944 | 13 | #1,987 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,073 |
| 1942 | 17 | #1,730 |
| 1941 | 19 | #1,588 |
| 1940 | 14 | #1,894 |
| 1939 | 16 | #1,712 |
| 1938 | 8 | #2,646 |
| 1937 | 15 | #1,828 |
| 1936 | 14 | #1,872 |
| 1935 | 7 | #2,951 |
| 1934 | 23 | #1,425 |
| 1933 | 14 | #1,905 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,777 |
| 1931 | 16 | #1,843 |
| 1930 | 24 | #1,496 |
| 1929 | 17 | #1,848 |
| 1928 | 18 | #1,822 |
| 1927 | 22 | #1,647 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,302 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,586 |
| 1924 | 24 | #1,577 |
| 1923 | 18 | #1,873 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,239 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,151 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,230 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
| 1917 | 15 | #1,985 |
| 1916 | 8 | #2,925 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,100 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,495 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
Names like Feliciano
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Francisco, Antonio, Aurelio, Emilio, Alejandro, Valentino, Fernando, Roberto, Anthony, Armando, Marco, Leonardo
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
Sources
Figures from 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, “Feliciano: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/feliciano, updated 20 October 2026.