NameTides

Felicity

Felicity was the #473 girls' name in the US in 2025 (653 babies), and #152 in England & Wales and #896 in Canada.

Felicity as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Felicity as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesNorthern IrelandScotlandUSIrelandCanada
Felicity as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#473 (653)#152 (330)#359 (9)#231 (7)#608 (5)#896 (31)—
2024#485 (631)#153 (332)#476 (6)——#753 (39)—
2023#455 (681)#141 (349)#281 (13)——#808 (34)—
2022#453 (696)#136 (375)#324 (10)#266 (6)#905 (3)#599 (47)—
2021#438 (709)#123 (406)#304 (12)#446 (3)#764 (4)#548 (54)—
2020#383 (809)#103 (488)#313 (11)#246 (6)#700 (4)#649 (44)—
2019#361 (873)#100 (519)#267 (14)#189 (10)—#417 (78)—
2018#355 (896)#100 (522)#324 (11)#218 (8)#734 (4)#532 (58)—
2017#345 (938)#102 (533)#237 (18)—#734 (4)#448 (73)—
2016#356 (922)#97 (570)#240 (17)—#661 (5)#458 (73)—
2015#360 (911)#111 (517)#266 (15)#312 (5)#751 (4)#359 (94)—
2014#499 (626)#132 (412)#306 (13)#278 (6)#584 (6)#430 (76)—
2013#576 (500)#141 (373)#506 (6)#284 (6)#747 (4)#595 (50)—
2012#651 (437)#169 (302)#467 (7)#268 (7)—#646 (45)—
2011#663 (427)#178 (289)#394 (9)——#559 (52)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2017 at #345.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1935.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,500 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,500uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 770common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 4,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Felicity is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,400 to 1 in 2,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Felicity by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #213WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #617WAIdaho: #244IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #356MNIllinois: #417ILMichigan: #424MINew York: #758NYMassachusetts: #682MAOregon: #619ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #233SDIowa: #226IAIndiana: #278INOhio: #416OHPennsylvania: #360PANew Jersey: #667NJConnecticut: #540CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #830CAUtah: #330UTColorado: #298CONebraska: #182NEMissouri: #277MOKentucky: #570KYWest Virginia: #308WVVirginia: #333VAMaryland: #379MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #546AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #256KSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #453TNNorth Carolina: #381NCSouth Carolina: #403SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #697OKLouisiana: #322LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #391ALGeorgia: #645GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #615TXFlorida: #617FL
Felicity (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#93212

Felicity (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
FelicityCanadaGirls#89631
FelicityEngland & WalesGirls#152330
FelicityIrelandGirls#6085
FelicityNorthern IrelandGirls#2317
FelicityNSWGirls—too few
FelicityScotlandGirls#3599
FelicityUSGirls#473653
FelicityUSBoys—too few