Felicia vs Felita
American parents have registered 91,371 Felicias since 1880, against 783 Felitas. Felicia is still ahead, with 22 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Felicia Felita
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Felicia has been the commoner name in every year either was published, 1880 to 2025. The lead has never changed hands.
The closest they came was 1958, when Felicia had 601 and Felita had 31.
Side by side
| Felicia | Felita | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 91,371 | 783 |
| Most in one year | 3,095 | 53 |
| Babies in 2025 | 22 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 83,000 | 700 |
| Median age today | 46 | 58 |
| Peak year | 1986 | 1968 |
| Best rank | 89th girls | 1,575th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 5,554th | unranked |
| First recorded | 1880 | 1954 |
| Girls / boys | 91,092 / 279 | 783 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Felitas alive today are over 58; half the Felicias are over 46. That is 12 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Felicia New Mexico (2.4×), Mississippi (1.9×), the District of Columbia (1.8×)
- Felita Georgia (11.3×), Texas (3.6×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Felicia and Felita.