Felicita
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- feh-lee-SEE-tah
- Origin
- Latin
Felicita is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “good fortune”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Felicita mean?
Latin: Italian and Spanish form of Felicity, from felicitas
“good fortune”
The Italian and Spanish form of Felicity, from Latin felicitas, meaning good fortune or happiness.
Is Felicita a girl's or a boy's name?
Felicita is a girls' name.
How popular is Felicita in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1964, with 36 girls. It first appears in the records in 1885.
Half of all the girls named Felicita in the US since 1880 were born between 1936 and 1978, the years shaded on the chart below.
Felicita in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,842 |
| 1988 | 20 | #4,303 |
| 1987 | 22 | #3,854 |
| 1986 | 19 | #4,184 |
| 1985 | 24 | #3,516 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,736 |
| 1983 | 22 | #3,554 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,166 |
| 1981 | 25 | #3,340 |
| 1980 | 20 | #3,852 |
| 1979 | 31 | #2,795 |
| 1978 | 32 | #2,629 |
| 1977 | 32 | #2,606 |
| 1976 | 21 | #3,286 |
| 1975 | 36 | #2,278 |
| 1974 | 22 | #3,110 |
| 1973 | 31 | #2,405 |
| 1972 | 27 | #2,598 |
| 1971 | 29 | #2,542 |
| 1970 | 29 | #2,522 |
| 1969 | 33 | #2,208 |
| 1968 | 23 | #2,630 |
| 1967 | 20 | #2,781 |
| 1966 | 24 | #2,452 |
| 1965 | 28 | #2,246 |
| 1964 | 36 | #1,974 |
| 1963 | 24 | #2,488 |
| 1962 | 27 | #2,311 |
| 1961 | 32 | #2,069 |
| 1960 | 33 | #1,981 |
| 1959 | 30 | #2,053 |
| 1958 | 23 | #2,375 |
| 1957 | 22 | #2,415 |
| 1956 | 29 | #2,004 |
| 1955 | 26 | #2,107 |
| 1954 | 25 | #2,121 |
| 1953 | 23 | #2,172 |
| 1952 | 11 | #3,371 |
| 1951 | 22 | #2,115 |
| 1950 | 25 | #1,910 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,611 |
| 1948 | 16 | #2,490 |
| 1947 | 24 | #1,992 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,738 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,597 |
| 1944 | 17 | #2,095 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,557 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,665 |
| 1941 | 15 | #2,189 |
| 1940 | 14 | #2,202 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,590 |
| 1938 | 15 | #2,113 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,939 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,262 |
| 1935 | 16 | #2,005 |
| 1934 | 19 | #1,771 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,403 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 16 | #2,023 |
| 1930 | 25 | #1,568 |
| 1929 | 18 | #1,952 |
| 1928 | 22 | #1,783 |
| 1927 | 19 | #2,025 |
| 1926 | 24 | #1,720 |
| 1925 | 19 | #2,017 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,513 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,465 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,778 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,378 |
| 1920 | 23 | #1,751 |
| 1919 | 17 | #2,063 |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,243 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,427 |
| 1916 | 16 | #2,028 |
| 1915 | 15 | #2,049 |
| 1914 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,766 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,980 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,140 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,763 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,512 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,727 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,537 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,658 |
| 1903 | 9 | #1,204 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,593 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,393 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,501 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,582 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,484 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,332 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,337 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,047 |
Names like Felicita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Felicita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/felicita, updated 20 October 2026.