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“good luck, fortune, happiness”
[fe.liˈsi.t̪a] · Spanish
01 / Meaning & origin
Felicita is a feminine given name documented in Spanish, Italian, Latvian and 1 other language. English Wiktionary traces it to Latin Fēlīcitās. Italian Wikipedia gives the meaning “good luck, fortune, happiness”.
Separate records with matching spellings: Felicità (Q91793704), Feliĉita (Esperanto), Feliçita̍ (Ligurian (Monaco)), Felícita (Spanish)
3 source accounts
Meaning: “good luck, fortune, happiness”
Borrowed from Latin Fēlīcitātem.
Du latin felicitas.
łac. Felicitas < łac. felicitas → szczęście, pomyślność
02 / Across borders
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United States, 2021: 6 girls (rank 13464).
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1880–2025 Spelling: Felicita
Recorded category girls
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Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Applications | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1881 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1882 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1883 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1884 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1885 | 5 | 1,047 | observed |
| 1886 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1887 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1888 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1889 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1890 | 5 | 1,338 | observed |
| 1891 | 5 | 1,332 | observed |
| 1892 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1893 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1894 | 5 | 1,485 | observed |
| 1895 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1896 | 5 | 1,583 | observed |
| 1897 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1898 | 6 | 1,502 | observed |
| 1899 | 6 | 1,394 | observed |
| 1900 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1901 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1902 | 6 | 1,594 | observed |
| 1903 | 9 | 1,204 | observed |
| 1904 | 6 | 1,659 | observed |
| 1905 | 7 | 1,538 | observed |
| 1906 | 6 | 1,727 | observed |
| 1907 | 8 | 1,512 | observed |
| 1908 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1909 | 7 | 1,763 | observed |
| 1910 | 6 | 2,140 | observed |
| 1911 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1912 | 9 | 1,981 | observed |
| 1913 | 12 | 1,766 | observed |
| 1914 | 12 | 2,009 | observed |
| 1915 | 15 | 2,050 | observed |
| 1916 | 16 | 2,028 | observed |
| 1917 | 13 | 2,428 | observed |
| 1918 | 9 | 3,244 | observed |
| 1919 | 17 | 2,063 | observed |
| 1920 | 23 | 1,751 | observed |
| 1921 | 15 | 2,378 | observed |
| 1922 | 12 | 2,780 | observed |
| 1923 | 14 | 2,465 | observed |
| 1924 | 14 | 2,514 | observed |
| 1925 | 19 | 2,018 | observed |
| 1926 | 24 | 1,721 | observed |
| 1927 | 19 | 2,026 | observed |
| 1928 | 22 | 1,784 | observed |
| 1929 | 18 | 1,953 | observed |
| 1930 | 25 | 1,569 | observed |
| 1931 | 16 | 2,024 | observed |
| 1932 | 6 | 3,901 | observed |
| 1933 | 12 | 2,404 | observed |
| 1934 | 19 | 1,771 | observed |
| 1935 | 16 | 2,006 | observed |
| 1936 | 13 | 2,263 | observed |
| 1937 | 9 | 2,940 | observed |
| 1938 | 15 | 2,113 | observed |
| 1939 | 11 | 2,592 | observed |
| 1940 | 14 | 2,203 | observed |
| 1941 | 15 | 2,190 | observed |
| 1942 | 12 | 2,666 | observed |
| 1943 | 13 | 2,558 | observed |
| 1944 | 17 | 2,096 | observed |
| 1945 | 12 | 2,598 | observed |
| 1946 | 13 | 2,739 | observed |
| 1947 | 24 | 1,993 | observed |
| 1948 | 16 | 2,491 | observed |
| 1949 | 9 | 3,612 | observed |
| 1950 | 25 | 1,911 | observed |
| 1951 | 22 | 2,116 | observed |
| 1952 | 11 | 3,372 | observed |
| 1953 | 23 | 2,173 | observed |
| 1954 | 25 | 2,122 | observed |
| 1955 | 26 | 2,108 | observed |
| 1956 | 29 | 2,005 | observed |
| 1957 | 22 | 2,416 | observed |
| 1958 | 23 | 2,376 | observed |
| 1959 | 30 | 2,054 | observed |
| 1960 | 33 | 1,982 | observed |
| 1961 | 32 | 2,070 | observed |
| 1962 | 27 | 2,312 | observed |
| 1963 | 24 | 2,489 | observed |
| 1964 | 36 | 1,975 | observed |
| 1965 | 28 | 2,247 | observed |
| 1966 | 24 | 2,453 | observed |
| 1967 | 20 | 2,781 | observed |
| 1968 | 23 | 2,630 | observed |
| 1969 | 33 | 2,208 | observed |
| 1970 | 29 | 2,522 | observed |
| 1971 | 29 | 2,542 | observed |
| 1972 | 27 | 2,598 | observed |
| 1973 | 31 | 2,405 | observed |
| 1974 | 22 | 3,110 | observed |
| 1975 | 36 | 2,278 | observed |
| 1976 | 21 | 3,287 | observed |
| 1977 | 32 | 2,606 | observed |
| 1978 | 32 | 2,629 | observed |
| 1979 | 31 | 2,795 | observed |
| 1980 | 20 | 3,853 | observed |
| 1981 | 25 | 3,340 | observed |
| 1982 | 18 | 4,167 | observed |
| 1983 | 22 | 3,555 | observed |
| 1984 | 15 | 4,737 | observed |
| 1985 | 24 | 3,517 | observed |
| 1986 | 19 | 4,186 | observed |
| 1987 | 22 | 3,857 | observed |
| 1988 | 20 | 4,308 | observed |
| 1989 | 18 | 4,848 | observed |
| 1990 | 14 | 6,131 | observed |
| 1991 | 16 | 5,659 | observed |
| 1992 | 11 | 7,512 | observed |
| 1993 | 8 | 9,559 | observed |
| 1994 | 13 | 6,672 | observed |
| 1995 | 10 | 8,079 | observed |
| 1996 | 13 | 6,723 | observed |
| 1997 | 13 | 6,844 | observed |
| 1998 | 13 | 7,104 | observed |
| 1999 | 13 | 7,239 | observed |
| 2000 | 9 | 9,874 | observed |
| 2001 | 12 | 8,196 | observed |
| 2002 | 11 | 8,837 | observed |
| 2003 | 12 | 8,505 | observed |
| 2004 | 8 | 11,624 | observed |
| 2005 | 7 | 13,010 | observed |
| 2006 | 6 | 15,152 | observed |
| 2007 | 8 | 12,676 | observed |
| 2008 | 10 | 10,807 | observed |
| 2009 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2010 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2011 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2012 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2013 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2014 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2015 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2016 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2017 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2018 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2019 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2020 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2021 | 6 | 13,464 | observed |
| 2022 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2023 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2024 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2025 | no value | no value | not covered |
Statistics count the spelling “Felicita” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
Felicità— “happiness”
The name of Felix himself was an agnomen frequently assumed by peculiarly fortunate individuals. It meant happy, and has given rise to all manner of words of good augury in the modern languages. No less than eleven saints so called are numbered in the Roman calendar, and yet it has never been a popular name, though sometimes occurring in Spain and France in the original form, and as Felice in Italy. The feminines, Felicia and Félise, in England and France, have been…
The name of Felix himself was an agnomen frequently assumed by peculiarly fortunate individuals. It meant happy, and has given rise to all manner of words of good augury in the modern languages. No less than eleven saints so called are numbered in the Roman calendar, and yet it has never been a popular name, though sometimes occurring in Spain and France in the original form, and as Felice in Italy. The feminines, Felicia and Félise, in England and France, have been constructed from it, and Felicia was Queen of Navarre in 1067; but the abstract idea, Felicitas (happiness), once worshipped as a goddess at Rome, named the slave-martyr of Carthage, who suffered with St. Perpetua. There was another Felicitas who, with her seven sons, under Antoninus Pius, presented a Christian parallel to the mother in the Maccabees. Felicità in Italy, and Félicité in France, are the votaries of one or others of these. Felix is adopted in Ireland as a substitute for Feidlim or Phelim (ever good).
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part IV, Chapter IV (Cognomina), Section VI (Crispus, &c) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
