Felicity
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- fe-LISS-i-tee
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #163 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #473 for girls
Felicity is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “happiness, good fortune”. In 2025 it ranked 163rd for girls in the UK (346 babies) and 473rd for girls in the US (653 babies).
What does Felicity mean?
English: virtue name, from Latin felicitas
“happiness, good fortune”
English virtue name from Latin felicitas; St Felicity was martyred with St Perpetua at Carthage in 203.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Felicity a girl's or a boy's name?
Felicity is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 346 girls in the UK and 653 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Felicity in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #163among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 346about 1 in 800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.7%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 346 girls in the UK were named Felicity, making it the 163rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 107th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 587 girls.
Half of all the girls named Felicity in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 152nd in England and Wales, 359th in Scotland and 231st in Northern Ireland.
Felicity in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 346 | #163 |
| 2024 | 338 | #169 |
| 2023 | 362 | #155 |
| 2022 | 391 | #148 |
| 2021 | 421 | #135 |
| 2020 | 505 | #107 |
| 2019 | 543 | #104 |
| 2018 | 541 | #110 |
| 2017 | 551 | #110 |
| 2016 | 587 | #113 |
| 2015 | 537 | #118 |
| 2014 | 431 | #144 |
| 2013 | 385 | #154 |
| 2012 | 316 | #181 |
| 2011 | 298 | #192 |
| 2010 | 271 | #214 |
| 2009 | 251 | #219 |
| 2008 | 223 | #249 |
| 2007 | 228 | #251 |
| 2006 | 167 | #304 |
| 2005 | 179 | #273 |
| 2004 | 191 | #260 |
| 2003 | 210 | #239 |
| 2002 | 171 | #269 |
| 2001 | 190 | #239 |
| 2000 | 137 | #297 |
| 1999 | 101 | #361 |
| 1998 | 112 | #348 |
| 1997 | 100 | #377 |
| 1996 | 130 | #304 |
How popular is Felicity in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #473among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 653about 1 in 2,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 653 girls in the US were named Felicity, making it the 473rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 383rd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 938 girls. It first appears in the records in 1935.
Half of all the girls named Felicity in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Felicity in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 653 | #473 |
| 2024 | 631 | #485 |
| 2023 | 681 | #455 |
| 2022 | 696 | #453 |
| 2021 | 709 | #438 |
| 2020 | 809 | #383 |
| 2019 | 873 | #361 |
| 2018 | 896 | #355 |
| 2017 | 938 | #345 |
| 2016 | 922 | #356 |
| 2015 | 911 | #360 |
| 2014 | 626 | #499 |
| 2013 | 500 | #576 |
| 2012 | 437 | #651 |
| 2011 | 427 | #663 |
| 2010 | 358 | #764 |
| 2009 | 360 | #784 |
| 2008 | 433 | #697 |
| 2007 | 412 | #710 |
| 2006 | 468 | #621 |
| 2005 | 404 | #686 |
| 2004 | 379 | #707 |
| 2003 | 430 | #624 |
| 2002 | 499 | #549 |
| 2001 | 549 | #503 |
| 2000 | 634 | #446 |
| 1999 | 717 | #390 |
| 1998 | 260 | #818 |
| 1997 | 147 | #1,216 |
| 1996 | 123 | #1,366 |
| 1995 | 121 | #1,352 |
| 1994 | 103 | #1,507 |
| 1993 | 104 | #1,505 |
| 1992 | 91 | #1,657 |
| 1991 | 68 | #2,008 |
| 1990 | 65 | #2,048 |
| 1989 | 52 | #2,273 |
| 1988 | 51 | #2,211 |
| 1987 | 52 | #2,097 |
| 1986 | 45 | #2,264 |
| 1985 | 40 | #2,439 |
| 1984 | 47 | #2,110 |
| 1983 | 41 | #2,309 |
| 1982 | 49 | #2,082 |
| 1981 | 49 | #2,085 |
| 1980 | 45 | #2,218 |
| 1979 | 45 | #2,187 |
| 1978 | 34 | #2,516 |
| 1977 | 42 | #2,189 |
| 1976 | 33 | #2,439 |
| 1975 | 52 | #1,780 |
| 1974 | 36 | #2,213 |
| 1973 | 37 | #2,127 |
| 1972 | 40 | #1,989 |
| 1971 | 30 | #2,477 |
| 1970 | 29 | #2,522 |
| 1969 | 18 | #3,198 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,221 |
| 1967 | 18 | #2,963 |
| 1966 | 15 | #3,265 |
| 1965 | 25 | #2,410 |
| 1964 | 16 | #3,243 |
| 1963 | 15 | #3,335 |
| 1962 | 8 | #4,864 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 14 | #3,356 |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,201 |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,836 |
| 1955 | 10 | #3,777 |
| 1954 | 13 | #3,156 |
| 1953 | 13 | #3,105 |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,481 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,660 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,611 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,704 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,374 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,740 |
Nicknames for Felicity
- Flick
- Fliss
Names like Felicity
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Fatima Riley Autumn Eliana Scarlett Willow Ivy Harper Ariella Myla Maddison Amelie
Names related to Felicity
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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, “Felicity: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/felicity, updated 20 October 2026.