Fun Facts About the Name Felicity
- More than 18 thousand babies named Felicity: U.S. records list 18,558 babies given the name Felicity from 1880 through 2025. Even 6 boys received the name Felicity - about 1 boy for every 3,092 girls.
What Does the Name Felicity Mean?
Felicity comes from the Latin noun felicitas, meaning "happiness" or "good fortune." It is formed from the adjective felix, which means "happy," "fortunate," or "fruitful." In ancient Rome the same word, Felicitas, was personified as a goddess of success and prosperity, and felicitas could also carry the sense of "fruitfulness." The English given name is taken directly from the Latin noun. The masculine name Felix comes from the same root. The deeper origin of felix itself is not securely settled; some scholars connect it with a root suggesting fruitfulness or productivity, but this remains uncertain.
Felicity Name History & Origins
Felicity descends from the Latin word rather than from an older Germanic or biblical name. Early Christian use is linked to Saint Felicity, a slave woman martyred at Carthage in the early third century, whose account was preserved together with that of Saint Perpetua in the Passion of Perpetua and Felicity. Devotion to the two martyrs helped keep the name in use in Christian communities.
In England, Felicity was used as a given name and could be understood both as the Latin name and as an English word-name of the kind that includes Faith, Hope, and Charity. It is found in English use by the 1600s. The name has stayed uncommon but recognizable in the English-speaking world. Among modern uses, it is the title of the American television series Felicity (1998 - 2002), which made the name familiar in popular culture without being its origin.
How Popular is the Name Felicity?
Felicity recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2017. Its best rank was #345 in 2017.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #473 | 653 | 0.0406% |
| 2024 | #486 | 628 | 0.0389% |
| 2023 | #455 | 679 | 0.0424% |
| 2022 | #453 | 696 | 0.0425% |
| 2021 | #438 | 709 | 0.0432% |
| 2020 | #384 | 809 | 0.0501% |
| 2019 | #361 | 872 | 0.0520% |
| 2018 | #355 | 896 | 0.0527% |
| 2017 | #345 | 938 | 0.0543% |
| 2016 | #356 | 922 | 0.0520% |
| 2015 | #360 | 911 | 0.0510% |
| 2014 | #499 | 626 | 0.0351% |
| 2013 | #576 | 500 | 0.0285% |
| 2012 | #654 | 436 | 0.0248% |
| 2011 | #664 | 427 | 0.0243% |
| 2010 | #764 | 358 | 0.0201% |
| 2009 | #786 | 360 | 0.0196% |
| 2008 | #697 | 433 | 0.0229% |
| 2007 | #710 | 412 | 0.0214% |
| 2006 | #621 | 468 | 0.0246% |
| 2005 | #686 | 404 | 0.0219% |
| 2004 | #707 | 379 | 0.0206% |
| 2003 | #624 | 430 | 0.0235% |
| 2002 | #549 | 499 | 0.0278% |
| 2001 | #503 | 549 | 0.0305% |
| 2000 | #447 | 634 | 0.0349% |
| 1999 | #390 | 717 | 0.0404% |
| 1998 | #818 | 260 | 0.0147% |
| 1997 | #1,221 | 147 | 0.0084% |
| 1996 | #1,370 | 123 | 0.0070% |
| 1995 | #1,360 | 121 | 0.0069% |
| 1994 | #1,515 | 103 | 0.0058% |
| 1993 | #1,510 | 104 | 0.0057% |
| 1992 | #1,666 | 91 | 0.0049% |
| 1991 | #2,023 | 68 | 0.0036% |
| 1990 | #2,056 | 65 | 0.0034% |
| 1989 | #2,285 | 52 | 0.0028% |
| 1988 | #2,227 | 51 | 0.0029% |
| 1987 | #2,106 | 52 | 0.0030% |
| 1986 | #2,277 | 45 | 0.0026% |
| 1985 | #2,449 | 40 | 0.0023% |
| 1984 | #2,121 | 47 | 0.0028% |
| 1983 | #2,322 | 41 | 0.0025% |
| 1982 | #2,084 | 49 | 0.0029% |
| 1981 | #2,091 | 49 | 0.0029% |
| 1980 | #2,227 | 45 | 0.0027% |
| 1979 | #2,195 | 45 | 0.0028% |
| 1978 | #2,530 | 34 | 0.0022% |
| 1977 | #2,194 | 42 | 0.0027% |
| 1976 | #2,450 | 33 | 0.0023% |
| 1975 | #1,787 | 52 | 0.0036% |
| 1974 | #2,227 | 36 | 0.0025% |
| 1973 | #2,143 | 37 | 0.0025% |
| 1972 | #2,000 | 40 | 0.0026% |
| 1971 | #2,500 | 30 | 0.0018% |
| 1970 | #2,535 | 29 | 0.0017% |
| 1969 | #3,235 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 1968 | #4,290 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1967 | #2,996 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 1966 | #3,301 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1965 | #2,425 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 1964 | #3,285 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1963 | #3,382 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1962 | #5,000 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1960 | #3,409 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1959 | #5,774 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1958 | #5,627 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1957 | #4,329 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1956 | #4,986 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1955 | #3,870 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1954 | #3,211 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1953 | #3,169 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1952 | #5,106 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1951 | #3,563 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1950 | #3,770 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1949 | #3,707 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1948 | #5,508 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1947 | #3,812 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1946 | #4,610 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1944 | #4,794 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1936 | #3,487 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1935 | #3,918 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | #10,391 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Felicity Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You are kind, home-loving, hospitable and friendly. Since you take responsibility well, you are a good organizer of social affairs. Compassion for others is an outstanding trait. You are a great lover and a great flirt – an artist, musician, actor, teacher, nurse. Your character can be contradictory. You are practical, yet idealistic and intuitive; capable of selfless devotion to someone you love, yet look to receive payback. You have an eventful, exciting life. You are versatile and have the ability to learn easily.
Position and social status is very important for you and you are always looking for way to improve your position in society. You have power and ability to chose your own destiny and achieve anything you want in life. You can expand in any direction according to your will and the set of values. You have passion for justice and belong to the position of authority. You have an inherent courage and endurance to accomplish "The Impossible Dream". With the power comes responsibility. You hold keys to the material world, but with this gift comes high spiritual responsibility to be fair and true to others. You are philosophical and mature, determined and intense with a desire to endure, often religious.
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