Felix

What Felix means

Means “happy, lucky”

From Latin Fēlīx (literally “happy, lucky”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Felix” (revision 94539303), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Felix?

US: Rising: up from #264 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #95 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 2,090 boys got the name (#179 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 828 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 335 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 561 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in VT (5.78 per 1,000 boys), DC (5.14 per 1,000 boys), WY (4.59 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Felix is #175 in the US and #59 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.5% of US babies named Felix were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Feliks13 US · 9 E&W
• Phelix10 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Felix

Boys

• August#81“month of August”^*
• Augustine#545Same root as Austin, meaning “majestic”^*
• Theodore#4Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #99 in 2015, #4 in 2025
• Leon#138“lion”^*
• Leo#19“lion”^*
• Augustus#407“majestic, venerable”^*

For a sister

• Mabel#201“lovable”^*
• Aurelia#290“golden”^*
• Cecilia#108possibly “blind”^*
• Leona#429Feminine form of Leo, meaning “lion”^*
• Nova#46“new”^*
• Aurora#15Italian, from Latin Aurōra, meaning “dawn, sunrise”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Latin, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Felix’s. Rank is US 2025.