Licia
Feminine
Licia is a short name with several possible longer parents and no documented one. Its letters are those of an ancient country on the southern coast of Turkey whose language sat unread on cliff faces for two millennia.
How old is the name Licia?
Licia first appears in US birth records in 1919 — 106 years ago. The typical Licia alive today was born around 1968, making them about 57 years old. About 700 people named Licia are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Licia most popular?
Licia peaked in 1960, reaching #1523 nationally. See the whole 1960 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Licia
Lycia was a confederation of cities with its own language, written in an alphabet adapted from Greek, carved on rock tombs cut into cliffs that are still standing. The script could be read phonetically almost at once, because the letters were familiar, but the language could not be understood, and it took until the twentieth century to establish that it belonged to the Anatolian family and was a relative of Hittite. Bilingual inscriptions did most of the work. The tombs themselves are extraordinary: house-shaped facades cut into vertical rock, with the doorways forty feet off the ground, and nobody is entirely sure how the builders reached them.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Alicia, Felicia and Elicia have all been suggested and none is documented. The ancient place name is a coincidence of spelling rather than an origin.
Pronouncing Licia
LEE-shuh
Two syllables with the stress in front. LISS-ee-uh, with three, is also heard.
Nicknames for Licia
Limited
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
- 1919
- Most girls named
- 196053 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1523reached in 1960
- Change vs 2016
- +20.0%6 in 2023, from 5
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.
Licias among us
people named Licia 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
Licia 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
- It is short on paper and quick to write.
- It is soft throughout with nothing difficult in it.
- It works in English and Italian households alike.
- Two readings are in circulation and the spelling settles neither.
- Alicia and Felicia are both far commoner, so the name will be heard as a short form of one.
- No origin is documented, so the meaning question has nothing to answer with.
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Frequently asked
- How many Licias are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Licia are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Licia in 2025?
- Licia is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Licia with classmates?
- Licia will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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