Phelix
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- FEE-liks
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Phelix is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “lucky, happy”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Phelix mean?
Latin: spelling of Felix
“lucky, happy”
Latin word for lucky or happy, taken as a title by the Roman dictator Sulla and borne by several popes.
Meaning borrowed from Felix. More on Wiktionary.
Is Phelix a girl's or a boy's name?
Phelix is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Phelix in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Phelix, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1924.
Half of all the boys named Phelix in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,074 boys in the US were given Phelix or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #194, up from #7,675 for this spelling alone.
- Felix 2,064
- Phelix 10
Phelix in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
Names like Phelix
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hendrix, Phoenix, Callum, August, Atlas, Bennett, Shepherd, Archer, Oliver, Theo, Wilder, Beckett
Other spellings of Phelix
More Latin names
Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara
Sources
Figures from 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, “Phelix: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/phelix, updated 20 October 2026.