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Felicia

Feminine form of the Roman name Felicius, a derivative of Felix.

PronunciationEnglish /fə.ˈli.ʃə/; Italian /fe.ˈli.t͡ʃa/; European Spanish /fe.ˈli.θja/; Latin American Spanish /fe.ˈli.sja/; Romanian /fe.ˈli.t͡ʃi.a/; Dutch /feː.ˈli.si.aː/
Usage languagesAncient Roman, Dutch, English, Hungarian, Italian, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish
US rank (2025)#5,554

Meaning and history

Felícia is the feminine form of the Roman name Felicius, which derives from Felix. In English, it has been used occasionally since the Middle Ages.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 237 births, rank #1,074
2007: 197 births, rank #1,252
2008: 170 births, rank #1,395
2009: 139 births, rank #1,612
2010: 130 births, rank #1,639
20112011: 157 births, rank #1,440
2012: 151 births, rank #1,491
2013: 116 births, rank #1,761
2014: 87 births, rank #2,176
2015: 76 births, rank #2,408
20162016: 49 births, rank #3,280
2017: 45 births, rank #3,436
2018: 38 births, rank #3,853
2019: 39 births, rank #3,788
2020: 25 births, rank #5,003
20212021: 30 births, rank #4,507
2022: 40 births, rank #3,765
2023: 38 births, rank #3,911
2024: 31 births, rank #4,473
20252025: 22 births, rank #5,554

Felicia moved from #878 to #990 for girls between 2004 and 2005. Its highest annual birth count came in 1986, with 3,084 births.

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