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Feliz

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Meaning unconfirmed; recorded in an 1884 name reference

Feliz has been given to 670 babies in the U.S. since 1901. 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 1978, with 13 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 57% girls, 43% boys all-time.

Babies named Feliz, 2015

1 in 463,000

Feliz over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Feliz over time

In 2015, Feliz went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19012015

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Feliz: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning unconfirmed; recorded in an 1884 name reference

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Feliz means

Feliz is a given name.

The naming story behind Feliz

Charlotte M. Yonge’s 1884 History of Christian Names includes the exact spelling Feliz in its glossary. The entry labels it masculine and points to printed page(s) 163.

The glossary’s abbreviated description reads: “Port. Lat. happy”. This is the historical author’s wording, including its language abbreviations and any proposed interpretation. It is presented as historical evidence, not as a verified modern translation. Victorian classifications and root explanations can differ from later linguistic research.

For Feliz, the current short meaning therefore remains unconfirmed. Establishing its modern etymology requires a current reference that documents the exact form and its relationship to the proposed earlier words.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 380 girls were recorded with the name Feliz between 1901 and 2015. Its highest annual count was 13 in 1978; its best national rank was #1,771 in 1901.

In the United States, 290 boys were recorded with the name Feliz between 1920 and 2009. Its highest annual count was 12 in 1972; its best national rank was #2,878 in 1972.

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.

How common is Feliz?

Feliz had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2015, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2015
1 in 463,000
8 of 3,701,574 births
Among girls only
1 in 223,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2015
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
320,718 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Feliz 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 2015 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 320,718 children born in 2015 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Feliz. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Felizs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Feliz was born before 1973 — so the typical Feliz is around 52 today.

Median birth year
1973
About 52 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
16.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
23.9%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
201
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1920s — 16.8% of all recorded uses (64).

Is Feliz 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1978 (13)
Years since peak
47
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
29.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,771
1901

Spellings of Feliz

Feliz is not the most common spelling — Eliza is, with 27.6% against Feliz's 0.15%.

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.

Where Feliz is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Feliz was most concentrated in New Mexico — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 124,853 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in 100,000).

11 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New Mexico1 in 100,000
  2. 2Texas1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Feliz has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Feliz is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Feliz was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,395,280 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Feliz has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Feliz 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
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Best rank ever
#1,771
1901
Peak year
1978
13 that year
First recorded
1901
Last recorded
2015
All-time count
380
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,878
1972
Peak year
1972
12 that year
First recorded
1920
Last recorded
2009
All-time count
290
Count in 2025
Under 5

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

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

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