Girls' name · peaked in 2017

Felicity name popularity since 1925

18,565 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Felicity. Half of them were born in 2014 or earlier, so the typical Felicity is about 12 years old in 2026. Felicity peaked in 2017 as the #345 name for girls, and it ranked #473 in 2025.

US babies since 1925: 18,565; Named Felicity, 1925–2025
Peak year: 2017; #345 for girls that year
Typical age: About 12; Median birth year 2014
In 2025: #473; for girls in 2025 (653 babies)
Girls / boys: 100.0% girls; 18,559 girls · 6 boys
Most popular in: Utah; 2.76× its national share

Peak year is the year Felicity made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Felicity births per year, 1925–2025

2017 was the biggest year for Felicity both by count and as a share of all babies.

Fastest rise: Between 1994 and 1999, Felicity became 7× more common, from 1 in 17,300 baby girls to 1 in 2,470.
Steepest fall: Between 1999 and 2004, its share of baby girls fell by 49%, from 1 in 2,470 to 1 in 4,840.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Felicity's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Felicity.

Decade by decade

Babies named Felicity in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade	Girls	Boys	Rank
1925–29	0	0	–
1930s	13	0	#3,918
1940s	34	0	Under 5
1950s	89	0	#3,869
1960s	140	0	#2,425
1970s	378	0	#1,787
1980s	471	0	#2,450
1990s	1,799	0	#1,360
2000s	4,568	6	#686
2010s	6,888	0	#360
2020–25	4,179	0	#473

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.

Generation fingerprint

53.0% of babies named Felicity from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:

Where Felicity is most popular

The index compares Felicity's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Felicity.

State	Index	Babies
Utah	2.76×	383
Arizona	1.88×	398
Colorado	1.86×	374
Washington	1.62×	441
Florida	1.40×	824

Names with a similar story

Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Felicity's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Felicity.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Felicity (2017).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data