Felecia vs Feliciana
American parents have registered 10,268 Felecias since 1880, against 588 Felicianas. But in 2025 it was Feliciana that was commoner, 10 babies to fewer than five.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Felecia Feliciana
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
Of the 115 years in which either name was published, Felecia for 83 years and Feliciana for 32 years. The lead changed hands 24 times.
- 1917–1919 Felecia ahead
- 1925–1932 Feliciana ahead
- 1933–2008 Felecia ahead, apart from 2 short spells
- 2013–2025 Feliciana ahead
19 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Felecia | Feliciana | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 10,268 | 588 |
| Most in one year | 422 | 17 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | 10 |
| Estimated living today | 9,200 | 400 |
| Median age today | 54 | 29 |
| Peak year | 1963 | 1927 |
| Best rank | 470th girls | 2,169th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | 9,457th |
| First recorded | 1908 | 1904 |
| Girls / boys | 10,268 / 0 | 588 / 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 Felecias alive today are over 54; half the Felicianas are over 29. That is 25 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
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: Felecia and Feliciana.