Phylicia
Girl · fih-LEE-sha · Latin
Phylicia is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “happy, lucky”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Phylicia mean?
Latin: variant of Felicia
“happy, lucky”
This spelling is best known from actress Phylicia Rashad of The Cosby Show.
- Say it
- fih-LEE-sha
Is Phylicia a girl's or a boy's name?
Phylicia is a girls' name.
How popular is Phylicia in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1987, with 289 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968.
Half of all the girls named Phylicia in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.
Phylicia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 23 | #5,082 |
| 2001 | 27 | #4,442 |
| 2000 | 27 | #4,395 |
| 1999 | 25 | #4,440 |
| 1998 | 31 | #3,727 |
| 1997 | 35 | #3,299 |
| 1996 | 54 | #2,395 |
| 1995 | 58 | #2,277 |
| 1994 | 74 | #1,900 |
| 1993 | 88 | #1,690 |
| 1992 | 133 | #1,281 |
| 1991 | 207 | #926 |
| 1990 | 257 | #782 |
| 1989 | 266 | #737 |
| 1988 | 286 | #675 |
| 1987 | 289 | #651 |
| 1986 | 214 | #786 |
| 1985 | 122 | #1,163 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
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