Given name
Phylicia
“one who is fortunate”
Phylicia is used as a given name. One Greek interpretation is “one who is fortunate.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “one who is fortunate.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Phylicia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,381
- 0 boys · 2,381 girls
- Most popular year
- 1987
- 289 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 289 in 1987. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,124 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.
Phylicia’s family of names
Phylicia has a related form in Phylecia. Phylicia has a related form in Phylecea. Phylicia has a related form in Phyleceah.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Phylicia
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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