Feminine dossier · first seen 1889

Felicitas

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Felicitas
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1928

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Silent Generation

1889Peak 19282024

Peak year

1928

Decline from peak

89.6%

2024

All-time

1,990

Felicitas has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1928, when 67 girls were named Felicitas.

In 2024, only 7 girls were given the name.

Down 89.6% from its peak.

All told, about 1,990 Americans have been named Felicitas and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1889.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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