Felix
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- FEE-liks
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #66 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #175 for boys
Felix is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “lucky, happy”. In 2025 it ranked 66th for boys in the UK (854 babies) and 175th for boys in the US (2,064 babies).
What does Felix mean?
Latin
“lucky, happy”
Latin word for lucky or happy, taken as a title by the Roman dictator Sulla and borne by several popes.
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Is Felix a girl's or a boy's name?
Felix is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 854 boys in the UK and 10 girls and 2,064 boys in the US.
How popular is Felix in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 66th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 854 about 1 in 350 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 3.9% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 854 boys in the UK were named Felix, making it the 66th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 79th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 867 boys.
Half of all the boys named Felix in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 59th in England and Wales, 129th in Scotland and 237th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2014 (#98) and 2024 (#62).
Felix in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 854 | #66 |
| 2024 | 867 | #69 |
| 2023 | 747 | #76 |
| 2022 | 771 | #82 |
| 2021 | 858 | #77 |
| 2020 | 789 | #79 |
| 2019 | 732 | #98 |
| 2018 | 735 | #99 |
| 2017 | 700 | #103 |
| 2016 | 704 | #107 |
| 2015 | 708 | #104 |
| 2014 | 649 | #106 |
| 2013 | 700 | #100 |
| 2012 | 588 | #123 |
| 2011 | 508 | #136 |
| 2010 | 539 | #130 |
| 2009 | 512 | #131 |
| 2008 | 506 | #128 |
| 2007 | 495 | #128 |
| 2006 | 399 | #151 |
| 2005 | 373 | #149 |
| 2004 | 313 | #160 |
| 2003 | 322 | #157 |
| 2002 | 289 | #154 |
| 2001 | 274 | #156 |
| 2000 | 260 | #158 |
| 1999 | 236 | #165 |
| 1998 | 196 | #187 |
| 1997 | 177 | #203 |
| 1996 | 155 | #224 |
How popular is Felix in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 175th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 2,064 about 1 in 830 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.7% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 2,064 boys in the US were named Felix, making it the 175th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 225th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 2,090 boys. 10 girls were also named Felix in 2025 (9,454th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Felix in the US since 1880 were born between 1947 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Felix in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,064 | #175 |
| 2024 | 2,090 | #179 |
| 2023 | 1,899 | #193 |
| 2022 | 1,974 | #193 |
| 2021 | 1,959 | #194 |
| 2020 | 1,668 | #225 |
| 2019 | 1,693 | #222 |
| 2018 | 1,657 | #228 |
| 2017 | 1,513 | #246 |
| 2016 | 1,511 | #247 |
| 2015 | 1,377 | #264 |
| 2014 | 1,379 | #267 |
| 2013 | 1,180 | #297 |
| 2012 | 1,039 | #315 |
| 2011 | 1,035 | #310 |
| 2010 | 951 | #329 |
| 2009 | 927 | #339 |
| 2008 | 890 | #353 |
| 2007 | 810 | #379 |
| 2006 | 760 | #395 |
| 2005 | 770 | #374 |
| 2004 | 691 | #392 |
| 2003 | 691 | #376 |
| 2002 | 661 | #394 |
| 2001 | 684 | #380 |
| 2000 | 696 | #376 |
| 1999 | 664 | #388 |
| 1998 | 637 | #388 |
| 1997 | 646 | #375 |
| 1996 | 612 | #380 |
| 1995 | 622 | #382 |
| 1994 | 596 | #390 |
| 1993 | 607 | #380 |
| 1992 | 691 | #346 |
| 1991 | 585 | #387 |
| 1990 | 634 | #368 |
| 1989 | 611 | #366 |
| 1988 | 570 | #359 |
| 1987 | 551 | #352 |
| 1986 | 490 | #376 |
| 1985 | 479 | #378 |
| 1984 | 491 | #364 |
| 1983 | 492 | #360 |
| 1982 | 527 | #351 |
| 1981 | 555 | #334 |
| 1980 | 540 | #341 |
| 1979 | 541 | #337 |
| 1978 | 528 | #332 |
| 1977 | 534 | #336 |
| 1976 | 512 | #336 |
| 1975 | 538 | #328 |
| 1974 | 537 | #327 |
| 1973 | 558 | #315 |
| 1972 | 527 | #336 |
| 1971 | 601 | #314 |
| 1970 | 639 | #308 |
| 1969 | 571 | #325 |
| 1968 | 568 | #319 |
| 1967 | 488 | #339 |
| 1966 | 526 | #326 |
| 1965 | 593 | #311 |
| 1964 | 566 | #331 |
| 1963 | 614 | #319 |
| 1962 | 582 | #325 |
| 1961 | 586 | #323 |
| 1960 | 655 | #306 |
| 1959 | 631 | #308 |
| 1958 | 624 | #303 |
| 1957 | 648 | #296 |
| 1956 | 591 | #306 |
| 1955 | 557 | #308 |
| 1954 | 565 | #305 |
| 1953 | 569 | #296 |
| 1952 | 539 | #309 |
| 1951 | 537 | #298 |
| 1950 | 498 | #304 |
| 1949 | 502 | #302 |
| 1948 | 457 | #315 |
| 1947 | 491 | #312 |
| 1946 | 448 | #307 |
| 1945 | 405 | #297 |
| 1944 | 422 | #288 |
| 1943 | 417 | #301 |
| 1942 | 401 | #305 |
| 1941 | 382 | #297 |
| 1940 | 390 | #283 |
| 1939 | 398 | #275 |
| 1938 | 393 | #279 |
| 1937 | 397 | #273 |
| 1936 | 395 | #270 |
| 1935 | 389 | #274 |
| 1934 | 387 | #274 |
| 1933 | 407 | #261 |
| 1932 | 438 | #258 |
| 1931 | 480 | #241 |
| 1930 | 515 | #243 |
| 1929 | 498 | #248 |
| 1928 | 468 | #263 |
| 1927 | 563 | #234 |
| 1926 | 559 | #236 |
| 1925 | 621 | #217 |
| 1924 | 662 | #208 |
| 1923 | 638 | #206 |
| 1922 | 656 | #202 |
| 1921 | 667 | #206 |
| 1920 | 668 | #199 |
| 1919 | 725 | #180 |
| 1918 | 746 | #178 |
| 1917 | 660 | #185 |
| 1916 | 692 | #173 |
| 1915 | 583 | #189 |
| 1914 | 526 | #172 |
| 1913 | 362 | #186 |
| 1912 | 300 | #192 |
| 1911 | 173 | #179 |
| 1910 | 161 | #176 |
| 1909 | 148 | #165 |
| 1908 | 118 | #182 |
| 1907 | 112 | #188 |
| 1906 | 112 | #168 |
| 1905 | 115 | #169 |
| 1904 | 103 | #175 |
| 1903 | 93 | #175 |
| 1902 | 114 | #154 |
| 1901 | 70 | #202 |
| 1900 | 123 | #170 |
| 1899 | 93 | #164 |
| 1898 | 103 | #162 |
| 1897 | 97 | #159 |
| 1896 | 83 | #196 |
| 1895 | 109 | #141 |
| 1894 | 78 | #190 |
| 1893 | 86 | #168 |
| 1892 | 96 | #163 |
| 1891 | 86 | #152 |
| 1890 | 72 | #186 |
| 1889 | 83 | #160 |
| 1888 | 101 | #148 |
| 1887 | 82 | #151 |
| 1886 | 92 | #153 |
| 1885 | 80 | #166 |
| 1884 | 102 | #137 |
| 1883 | 68 | #178 |
| 1882 | 91 | #151 |
| 1881 | 72 | #168 |
| 1880 | 92 | #147 |
Names like Felix
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jasper, Leo, Milo, Roman, Hugo, Austin, Elias, Vinnie, Otis, Theo, Ezra, Reuben
Other spellings of Felix
Names related to Felix
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara, Anthony
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Felix: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/felix, updated 20 October 2026.