Felicitas

Recorded 1889–2024 · United States

Felicitas was most popular in 1928, when 67 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,626 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,990 people named Felicitas.

Most popular in1928

Rank that year#1,626

Births that year67

Total since 18801,990

Given to100% girls

Felicitas over time

Births per year. The dot marks Felicitas’s peak in 1928. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Felicitas a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Felicitas is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,990 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Felicitas

Where Felicitas is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org