Falicia
Feminine · “lucky”
Falicia writes the first vowel of a Latin name as it is said rather than as it is spelled, which is what happens to a name that travels by ear. The Latin word behind it was also a Roman label for a corner of Arabia, and it was a report on the weather.
How old is the name Falicia?
Falicia first appears in US birth records in 1957 — 68 years ago. The typical Falicia alive today was born around 1987, making them about 38 years old. About 600 people named Falicia are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Falicia most popular?
Falicia peaked in 1994, reaching #2935 nationally. See the whole 1994 chart.
Lists built from the same records:
Where it comes from
From Felicia to Falicia
The story of Falicia
Roman geographers divided Arabia into three: Arabia Petraea, the part around Petra that they governed; Arabia Deserta, the interior; and Arabia Felix, the south-western corner that is now Yemen. Felix here means fertile rather than happy. The highlands there catch monsoon rain, which made agriculture possible on a scale the rest of the peninsula could not match, and the region was rich on frankincense, myrrh and the trade route to India — the Romans knew it as the source of luxuries and mounted an expedition to take it that failed badly. The great dam at Marib, which irrigated the area for something over a thousand years, eventually broke, and the collapse is remembered in the Qur'an.
Meaning
lucky
From the Latin felix, which covers lucky, fruitful and happy at once — closer to fortunate than to cheerful. It was a Roman surname before it was a given name and belonged to several early saints.
How the name formed
- Felicia
- Falicia
Related forms: Felicia · Felicia
Pronouncing Falicia
fuh-LEE-shuh
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. The changed vowel sits in the unstressed first syllable, where it reduces, so the change is almost inaudible.
Nicknames for Falicia
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
- 1957
- Most girls named
- 199440 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2935reached in 1994
- Change vs 2006
- 0.0%6 in 2008, from 6
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.
Falicia in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Felicia in Spanish — same name
- Felicia in Italian — same name
Falicias among us
people named Falicia 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
Falicia 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
- Middle stress on three syllables is the easiest rhythm English offers.
- The sound is entirely familiar, so nobody has to be taught it.
- The meaning is documented and unambiguous.
- Felicia, Phalicia and Felisha will all be written for it.
- The changed vowel is nearly inaudible, so the spelling must be given aloud.
- It reads as a phonetic respelling rather than as a variant.
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Frequently asked
- How many Falicias 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 Falicia are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Falicia in 2025?
- Falicia is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Falicia with classmates?
- Falicia will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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