Felicitas
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- feh-LIS-ih-tahs
- Origin
- Latin
Felicitas is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “good fortune, happiness”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Felicitas mean?
Latin: Latin word and name
“good fortune, happiness”
Saint Felicity (Felicitas) was martyred at Carthage in 203 alongside Saint Perpetua.
Is Felicitas a girl's or a boy's name?
Felicitas is a girls' name.
How popular is Felicitas in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1928, with 67 girls. It first appears in the records in 1889.
Half of all the girls named Felicitas in the US since 1880 were born between 1925 and 1971, the years shaded on the chart below.
Felicitas in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,526 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,280 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,075 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 15 | #4,685 |
| 1982 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1981 | 17 | #4,343 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 21 | #3,667 |
| 1978 | 17 | #4,079 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,212 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,226 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 15 | #3,894 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,532 |
| 1970 | 11 | #4,760 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,417 |
| 1968 | 20 | #2,874 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,052 |
| 1966 | 13 | #3,557 |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,201 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,095 |
| 1963 | 17 | #3,065 |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,781 |
| 1961 | 23 | #2,542 |
| 1960 | 15 | #3,211 |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,299 |
| 1958 | 15 | #3,084 |
| 1957 | 13 | #3,308 |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,466 |
| 1955 | 17 | #2,724 |
| 1954 | 26 | #2,075 |
| 1953 | 16 | #2,698 |
| 1952 | 20 | #2,326 |
| 1951 | 12 | #3,105 |
| 1950 | 15 | #2,651 |
| 1949 | 27 | #1,844 |
| 1948 | 25 | #1,900 |
| 1947 | 15 | #2,636 |
| 1946 | 17 | #2,317 |
| 1945 | 19 | #1,940 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,966 |
| 1943 | 21 | #1,899 |
| 1942 | 20 | #1,916 |
| 1941 | 22 | #1,696 |
| 1940 | 23 | #1,635 |
| 1939 | 13 | #2,300 |
| 1938 | 19 | #1,805 |
| 1937 | 16 | #1,999 |
| 1936 | 35 | #1,206 |
| 1935 | 28 | #1,381 |
| 1934 | 32 | #1,263 |
| 1933 | 16 | #1,970 |
| 1932 | 38 | #1,162 |
| 1931 | 38 | #1,163 |
| 1930 | 36 | #1,251 |
| 1929 | 47 | #1,064 |
| 1928 | 67 | #896 |
| 1927 | 43 | #1,172 |
| 1926 | 47 | #1,096 |
| 1925 | 40 | #1,225 |
| 1924 | 48 | #1,123 |
| 1923 | 38 | #1,267 |
| 1922 | 31 | #1,464 |
| 1921 | 40 | #1,222 |
| 1920 | 30 | #1,470 |
| 1919 | 28 | #1,481 |
| 1918 | 22 | #1,754 |
| 1917 | 21 | #1,708 |
| 1916 | 27 | #1,408 |
| 1915 | 25 | #1,439 |
| 1914 | 18 | #1,541 |
| 1913 | 16 | #1,465 |
| 1912 | 19 | #1,218 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,450 |
| 1910 | 13 | #1,267 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,208 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,512 |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,416 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 9 | #1,250 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,438 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,466 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,722 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,393 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,501 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,582 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,278 |
Names like Felicitas
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Frances, Virginia, Florence, Sylvia, Beatrice, Elizabeth, Loretta, Rose, Flora, Alma, Lucille, Margaret
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara
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, “Felicitas: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/felicitas, updated 20 October 2026.