Phenix
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Phenix is a name of Greek origin, meaning “the phoenix; dark red”. In 2025 it ranked 3,756th for boys in the US (29 babies).
What does Phenix mean?
Greek: spelling of Fenix; Spanish spelling of Phoenix
“the phoenix; dark red”
The phoenix is the mythical bird that is reborn from its own ashes.
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Meaning borrowed from Fenix.
Is Phenix a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Phenix has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls and 29 boys in the US.
How popular is Phenix in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,756among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 29about 1 in 59,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 29 boys in the US were named Phenix, making it the 3,756th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,422nd. It first appears in the records in 1994. 14 girls were also named Phenix in 2025 (7,489th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Phenix of any year since it first appeared, in 1994.
Half of all the boys named Phenix in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,179 boys in the US were given Phenix or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #298, up from #3,756 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 33% of the babies named Phenix in the US were girls.
Phenix in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #3,756 |
| 2024 | 24 | #4,318 |
| 2023 | 28 | #3,880 |
| 2022 | 27 | #3,992 |
| 2021 | 24 | #4,243 |
| 2020 | 22 | #4,422 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 24 | #4,177 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2013 | 26 | #3,862 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 26 | #3,918 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
Names like Phenix
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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