Given name

Philicia

Philicia is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Philicia isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1960. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Philicia through the years

Babies since 1880
502
0 boys · 502 girls
Most popular year
1991
34 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Philicia in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1960–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2010. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 34 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 480 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 3

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Philicia, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Phantasia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Donicia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Alieshia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Larecia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Shanesia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Kanesia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Frantasia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Myriah

“resembling the fragrant oil”

0Not recently recordedCooling

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Philicia’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Philicia

A sister for Philicia