Felisia

Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Felisia has been given to 258 babies in the U.S. since 1961. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1974, with 16 recorded.

Babies named Felisia, 2002

1 in 747,000

Felisia over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Felisia: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Felisia means

Felisia is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Felisia is used in Faroese.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 258 girls were recorded with the name Felisia between 1961 and 2002. Its highest annual count was 16 in 1974; its best national rank was #3,670 in 1969.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Felisia?

Felisia had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2002, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2002: 1 in 747,000; 5 of 3,737,275 births
Among girls only: 1 in 359,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2002: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 518,097 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Felisia sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2002 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 518,097 children born in 2002 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Felisia. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Felisias were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Felisia was born before 1975 — so the typical Felisia is around 50 today.

Median birth year: 1975; About 50 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 39.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 42.6%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 258; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 39.5% of all recorded uses (102).

Is Felisia rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1974 (16)
Years since peak: 51; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 36.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,670; 1969

Spellings of Felisia

Felisia is not the most common spelling — Melissa is, with 75.3% against Felisia's 0.03%.

Melissa75.3%760,128
Felicia9.0%91,092
Elisa4.7%47,661
Melisa1.9%19,111
Elissa1.8%18,033
Elisha1.4%14,366
Felecia1.0%10,268
Felisha0.58%5,903

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Felisia by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,670; 1969
Peak year: 1974; 16 that year
First recorded: 1961
Last recorded: 2002
All-time count: 258
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Felisia

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Felesia Felina Felissa Tylasia Felicha Elissia Jalasia Felicie Elaysia Felesha Lanasia Aleesia Elyssia Kalasia Dalaysia Anisia Kalaysia Felissia Felishia Briasia Anysia Malasia Feliciana Tessia

Sibling names for Felisia

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Kesha Latricia Stephenie Tawana Joleen Danelle Joey Shanda

For a brother

Demond Erin Giuseppe Abdul Andrea Jamey Chadwick Torrey

Explore around Felisia

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