# Felice (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/felice/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,888 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 700 / 4,188 (86% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 10, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 11 | 9,047 |
| 2003 | 14 | 7,718 |
| 2004 | 7 | 13,205 |
| 2005 | 11 | 9,671 |
| 2006 | 11 | 10,134 |
| 2007 | 8 | 13,074 |
| 2008 | 12 | 9,677 |
| 2009 | 13 | 9,064 |
| 2010 | 8 | 12,685 |
| 2012 | 9 | 11,586 |
| 2013 | 8 | 12,387 |
| 2014 | 5 | 17,398 |
| 2018 | 6 | 14,388 |
| 2020 | 6 | 14,015 |
| 2023 | 7 | 12,567 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 9 | 3,430 |
| 1973 | 8 | 3,811 |
| 1974 | 14 | 2,710 |
| 1975 | 11 | 3,304 |
| 1976 | 11 | 3,345 |
| 1977 | 7 | 4,759 |
| 1978 | 6 | 5,300 |
| 1981 | 7 | 5,108 |
| 1983 | 6 | 5,705 |
| 1984 | 9 | 4,316 |
| 1987 | 7 | 5,683 |
| 1988 | 8 | 5,364 |
| 1990 | 5 | 8,551 |
| 1997 | 6 | 8,508 |
| 2001 | 7 | 8,602 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 3 | 3,848 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,970 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |

## People named Felice

- Felice Herrig, American mixed martial arts fighter
- Felice Bauer, fiancée of Franz Kafka (1887–1960)
- Carlo Felice Bianchi Anderloni, designer
- Felice Gasperi, football player (1903-1982)
- Felice Albers, Dutch field hockey player
- Felice Cavagnis, Catholic cardinal (1841–1906)
- Antonio Felice Zondadari, apostolic nuncio and cardinal
- Felice Cornicola, byzantine magister militum per Venetiae of Venice
- Felice Alessandri, composer
- Felice Orlandi, American actor
- Felice Mazzù, Belgian association football manager
- Felice Leonardo, Catholic bishop

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.