Belicia
Feminine
Belicia is a name of the late twentieth century that sounds like Felicia or Alicia with a new first letter. Its sound is close to Belize, a country whose own name nobody has explained.
How old is the name Belicia?
Belicia first appears in US birth records in 1978 — 47 years ago. The typical Belicia alive today was born around 2005, making them about 20 years old. About 600 people named Belicia are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Belicia most popular?
Belicia peaked in 2005, reaching #3809 nationally. See the whole 2005 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Belicia
Belize takes its name from its river, and nobody knows where the river's name came from. One explanation reaches for a Maya word about muddy water; another says it is Wallace, a Scottish buccaneer, as Spanish speakers pronounced it; neither has been proved. Belicia shares that small mystery. It sounds like Felicia, 'happiness', and Alicia, 'noble', without belonging to either, and it has a bright, flowing rhythm of its own.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Belicia may be Felicia or Alicia with a B, and nothing records which. It is not documented as related to Belize.
Pronouncing Belicia
buh-LEE-shuh
Three syllables with the stress on the second.
Nicknames for Belicia
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1978
- Most girls named
- 200538 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3809reached in 2005
- Change vs 2023
- −30.0%7 in 2024, from 10
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Belicias among us
people named Belicia are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Belicia sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Flowing and easy to say.
- Close to familiar names such as Felicia and Alicia.
- Rare, so a Belicia is unlikely to share her name.
- People will hear Felicia or Alicia and write it that way.
- Some will say buh-LEE-see-uh.
- It has no documented meaning of its own.
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Frequently asked
- How many Belicias are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Belicia are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Belicia in 2025?
- Belicia is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Belicia with classmates?
- Belicia will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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