# Felicity (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/felicity/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Fliss, Flic, Flick, Flicky |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 18,565 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6 / 18,559 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 8,884, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From the noun felicity, and also the English form of Latin Felicitas, a name borne by early martyrs.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 427 | 664 |
| 2012 | 437 | 651 |
| 2013 | 500 | 576 |
| 2014 | 626 | 499 |
| 2015 | 911 | 360 |
| 2016 | 922 | 356 |
| 2017 | 938 | 345 |
| 2018 | 896 | 355 |
| 2019 | 873 | 361 |
| 2020 | 809 | 384 |
| 2021 | 709 | 439 |
| 2022 | 696 | 454 |
| 2023 | 681 | 455 |
| 2024 | 631 | 485 |
| 2025 | 653 | 473 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 6 | 10,392 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 289 | 178 |
| 2012 | 302 | 169 |
| 2013 | 373 | 141 |
| 2014 | 412 | 132 |
| 2015 | 517 | 111 |
| 2016 | 570 | 97 |
| 2017 | 533 | 102 |
| 2018 | 522 | 100 |
| 2019 | 519 | 100 |
| 2020 | 488 | 103 |
| 2021 | 406 | 123 |
| 2022 | 375 | 136 |
| 2023 | 349 | 141 |
| 2024 | 332 | 153 |
| 2025 | 330 | 152 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 菲莉茜蒂, 費莉西蒂 /费莉西蒂, 費莉希蒂 /费莉希蒂
- Esperanto: Feliĉita
- French: Félicité
- German: Felizitas, Felicitas
- Greek: Φελίσιτι
- Italian: Felicita
- Japanese: フェリシティー
- Latin: Felicitas
- Spanish: Felicidad

## People named Felicity

- Felicity Jones, British actress (born 1983)
- Felicity Huffman, American actress
- Felicity Kendal, British actress (born 1946)
- Felicity Lott, English soprano (1947–2026)
- Felicity Galvez, Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, world champion, former world record-holder
- Felicity Montagu, British actress
- Felicity Aston, British adventurer/climate scientist
- Felicity Wilson-Haffenden, Australian cyclist
- Felicity Abram, Australian triathlete
- Felicity Palmer, English mezzo-soprano and music professor

## 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.