Felicity

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Felicity: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Felicity: Recorded since 1966, it reached #88 in 1977, and it stood at #608 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
82times a registrar ranked it
60years from first to last
#88highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#295
1997	#344
1998	#325
1999	#337
2000	#285
2001	#214
2002	#243
2003	#229
2004	#250
2005	#265
2006	#281
2007	#233
2008	#231
2009	#209
2010	#195
2011	#178
2012	#169
2013	#141
2014	#132
2015	#111
2016	#97
2017	#102
2018	#100
2019	#100
2020	#103
2021	#123
2022	#136
2023	#141
2024	#153

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 33 of the 60 years from 1966 to 2025.

In 2024: #153 among girls in England and Wales, #476 among girls in Scotland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1966–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1966
First recorded at #380 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1966 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1975–1984
Highest recorded position: #88 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 1977 (recorded 1975–1984).
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #608 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Felicity appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 33 years beginning in 1966, and has registered 149 births with the name.

Felicity across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Felicity's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#380 (1966)	#268 (1967)	#608 (2025)	33 of 60	149 (1966–2025)	8 (1974)
England and Wales · Girls	#295 (1996)	#97 (2016)	#153 (2024)	29 of 29	8,554 (1996–2024)	570 (2016)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#331 (2003)	#189 (2019)	#266 (2022)	14 of 20	75 (2003–2022)	10 (2019)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#98 (1975)	#88 (1977)	#96 (1984)	5 of 10	401 (1975–1984)	85 (1978)

Felicity by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Felicity in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	18	4 of 10	5
1970sbusiest	53	10 of 10	5
1980s	22	5 of 10	4
1990s	4	1 of 10	4
2000s	9	3 of 10	3
2010s	27	6 of 10	5
2020s	16	4 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Felicity appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1966 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #88 in New South Wales, Australia in 1977.

Felicity's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#153	332	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#141	349	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#136	375	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#123	406	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#103	488	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#100	519	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#100	522	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#102	533	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#97	570	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#111	517	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#132	412	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#141	373	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#169	302	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#178	289	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#195	262	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#209	244	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#231	215	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#233	219	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#281	164	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#265	170	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#250	179	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#229	202	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#243	165	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#214	186	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#285	132	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#337	96	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#325	109	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#344	98	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#295	126	High	Verified
1984	New South Wales, Australia	female	#96	80	Insufficient	Not yet available
1978	New South Wales, Australia	female	#92	85	Insufficient	Not yet available
1977	New South Wales, Australia	female	#88	84	Insufficient	Not yet available
1976	New South Wales, Australia	female	#100	73	Insufficient	Not yet available
1975	New South Wales, Australia	female	#98	79	Insufficient	Not yet available
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#266	6	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#446	3	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#246	6	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#189	10	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#218	8	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#312	5	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#278	6	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#284	6	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#268	7	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#311	5	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#413	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#318	4	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#372	3	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#331	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#608	5	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#700	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#751	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#584	6	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#446	4	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#521	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#438	5	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#423	5	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	6	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#420	5	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	7	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	5	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#497	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#406	5	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#324	8	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#349	7	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	4	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#466	3	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#326	6	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#351	5	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	3	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#268	7	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#476	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1966 and 2025, ranked in 51 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #88, first reached in 1977.

It held a top-100 place in 8 years, 4 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 570 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1975, and 58 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Feilim · #264, 13y
Felicia · #210, 38y
Feliks · #495, 16y
Felim · #230, 16y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Karla · #88, 53y
Alistair · #87, 51y
Ted · #90, 55y
Jasmin · #84, 46y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Anastasia · #87, 62y
Antoinette · #87, 56y
Chris · #87, 59y
Muireann · #87, 61y

Felicity was ranked #88 in New South Wales, Australia · Girls in 1977. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Felicity and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Felicity without appearing here.

Felicity moved ahead of

Brittany Compare
In 2000 they stood at #285 and #275 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #214 and #871.
Deirdre Compare
In 2013 they stood at #747 and #747 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2014 that had become #584 and #876.
Mona Compare
In 2013 they stood at #677 and #677 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2014 that had become #584 and #876.
Audrey Compare
In 2024 they stood at #905 and #905 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #608 and #885.

Moved ahead of Felicity

Lily Compare
In 2003 they stood at #423 and #471 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #677 and #59.
Eabha Compare
In 2003 they stood at #446 and #517 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #677 and #62.
Daisy Compare
In 2003 they stood at #420 and #523 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #677 and #222.
Layla Compare
In 2003 they stood at #438 and #529 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #677 and #257.

Moved the opposite way to Felicity

Annie Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Felicity went from #380 to #608 while Annie went from #139 to #33.
Aoife Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Felicity went from #380 to #608 while Aoife went from #189 to #34.
Caoimhe Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Felicity went from #380 to #608 while Caoimhe went from #380 to #31.
Clodagh Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Felicity went from #380 to #608 while Clodagh went from #160 to #47.

Moved the same way as Felicity

Aisling Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Felicity went from #380 to #608 and Aisling from #100 to #180.
Alison Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Felicity went from #380 to #608 and Alison from #98 to #213.
Amanda Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Felicity went from #380 to #608 and Amanda from #97 to #608.
Andrea Compare
Between 1966 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Felicity went from #380 to #608 and Andrea from #185 to #304.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1966 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #88 in New South Wales, Australia in 1977. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Felicity

Felicity at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Felicity across 4 official records

Felicity by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Felicity appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Felicity

Felicity and the names beside it

Felicity moved ahead of

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Felicity at a glance

Felicity across 4 official records

Felicity by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Felicity appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Felicity

Felicity and the names beside it

Felicity moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Felicity

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