Feliz
Feliz is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The population of Feliz was 13,640 as of 2020. Feliz was founded in February 1959. The area of Feliz is approximately 37 square miles (96 km2). Feliz is in the Brazilian region of Sul, which is the southernmost region of Brazil.
Meaning & Origin of Feliz
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Feliz is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The population of Feliz was 13,640 as of 2020. Feliz was founded in February 1959. The area of Feliz is approximately 37 square miles (96 km2). Feliz is in the Brazilian region of Sul, which is the southernmost region of Brazil.
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The Story of Feliz
As a girl name
Feliz first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1901, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1978, when 13 Felizs were born — ranking #4,931 that year. As of 2026, Feliz ranks #11,832 for girls with 8 births, with steady use. In total, more than 380 Felizs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1900s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
Feliz first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1920, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1972, when 12 Felizs were born — ranking #2,819 that year. As of 2026, Feliz ranks #12,490 for boys with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 290 Felizs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1920s through the 2020s.
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About the name Feliz
Feliz is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1901 and has accumulated 380 births in the dataset. Feliz's peak popularity came in 1978 when it ranked #4,931. Use the chart and map above to compare Feliz's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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