Pheonix
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- FEE-niks
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Pheonix is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “the mythical firebird”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Pheonix mean?
Greek: variant spelling of Phoenix
“the mythical firebird”
A respelling of Phoenix, the mythical bird said to be reborn from its own ashes.
Is Pheonix a girl's or a boy's name?
Pheonix is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 7 girls and 15 boys in the US.
How popular is Pheonix in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Pheonix, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Pheonix in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 182 boys in the UK were given Pheonix or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #293, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 55% of the babies named Pheonix in the UK in 2006, and 40% in 2014.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Pheonix in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #4,870 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
How popular is Pheonix in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Pheonix, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,422nd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 34 boys. It first appears in the records in 1994. 7 girls were also named Pheonix in 2025 (11,928th for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Pheonix than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Pheonix in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,179 boys in the US were given Pheonix or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #298, up from #5,859 for this spelling alone.
In 2024, 50% of the babies named Pheonix in the US were girls.
Pheonix in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 24 | #4,339 |
| 2022 | 28 | #3,876 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 22 | #4,422 |
| 2019 | 34 | #3,344 |
| 2018 | 21 | #4,606 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 24 | #4,108 |
| 2010 | 33 | #3,307 |
| 2009 | 30 | #3,549 |
| 2008 | 28 | #3,741 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 32 | #3,304 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
Names like Pheonix
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Theo Luca Hudson Jaxon Nico Jax Noah Enzo Lucas Marley Felix Atlas
Other spellings of Pheonix
Names related to Pheonix
More Greek names
Theodore Sophia George Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris Maisie Lainey
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, “Pheonix: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/pheonix, updated 20 October 2026.