Phoenix

What Phoenix means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Phoenix yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Used for both: 64% of US babies named Phoenix in 2025 were boys Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Phoenix?

US: Steady: #307 in 2015, #329 now. England & Wales: Steady: #317 in 2015, #287 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2020, when 1,534 boys got the name (#236 that year). First in the US records in 1968.

How common

• About 1 in 1,663 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,721 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,182 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 DE (2.04 per 1,000 boys), MS (1.66 per 1,000 boys), RI (1.6 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Phoenix is #329 in the US and #287 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 64.4% of US babies named Phoenix 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

• Phenix29 US
• Phoenyx20 US
• Phynix5 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 Phoenix

Boys

• Finn#206“the Sami”^*
• Damian#109“to tame”^*
• Lukas#288“a man from Lucania”^*
• Josiah#54Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #54 vs #226 in 2025
• Amari#185“Does the given name have different origins?”^*
• Kai#93“warrior”^*

For a sister

• Ellie#24Editor’s note Up from #48 in 2015 to #24 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US girls in the 2025 records
• Haven#190Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #190 vs #1,512 in 2025
• Rowan#249“little red one”^*
• Brynlee#243Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1995, with 5 babies
• Camila#19Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #19 vs #1,051 in 2025
• Arabella#213Editor’s note Steady in the US: #194 in 2015 and #213 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Phoenix’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.