Phenix

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Peak · boys
#3,757
2025 · 29 births
Debut · boys
1994
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
510
since 1994

Phenix over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020girlsat peakboysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#7,49114#3,75729
2024#5,02126#4,32124
2023#4,74628#3,88328
2022#5,79321#3,99527
2021#6,41418#4,24724
2020#5,85020#4,42622
2019#5,44923#5,15318
2018#6,52118#4,91819
2017#7,84014#3,99326
2016#7,98814#4,32723
2015#8,44713#4,17924
2014#8,05314#4,70220
2013#6,25520#3,86426
2012#8,63213#6,00114
2011#13,3477#4,98318
2010#9,23112#5,04718
2009#9,97511#5,80015
2008#8,96513#3,92126
2007#10,81810#8,1739
2006#12,4208#6,09413
2005#14,5026#5,03416
2004#12,7617#5,81313
2003#15,7845#6,71510
2002#10,2469#5,39513
2001—#6,01311
2000#13,1546#10,3495
1999#14,4115#8,7046
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First appearance
1994

The first year at least five boys were named Phenix! It came in at #8,800, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1996–1998, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Phenix is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,350 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 10,044 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Phenix, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Georgia#1,350 · 1 in 10,044

Best ever in a state: #1,350 in Georgia, 2025.

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Georgia#1,35051 in 10,044
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Phenix
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 564 spots since 2024 (#4,321 → #3,757)
  • 669 spots since 2020 (#4,426 → #3,757)
  • 422 spots since 2015 (#4,179 → #3,757)
Rise & fade · boys
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1994
  • Peaked 2025 at #3,757 (29 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 58,899
  • Highest: 1 in 58,899 boys born in 2025 were named Phenix (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 40.4% of all boys named Phenix (206) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2025
  • Mostly girls until 2024, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s19#6,407 (1995)#7,970
2000s131#3,921 (2008)#6,331
2010s206#3,864 (2013)#4,717
2020s154#3,757 (2025)#4,105

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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