girls:
270 births since 2001
#5446 (5th percentile)
boys:
974 births since 2000
#3618 (21st percentile)
overall:
1.2k births since 2000
#6497 (16th percentile)
The name Fenix is the #6,497 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,244 recorded births since 2000. This represents the 16.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 16.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,618 (21.1% percentile) for all time with 974 births since 2000. For girls, it ranks #5,446 (4.7% percentile) for all time with 270 births since 2001.
Fenix first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2000 (2000 for boys and 2001 for girls).
The name Fenix has been given predominantly to boys, with 78.3% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 77.6% of babies named Fenix were boys.
For boys, Fenix reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 7.8% percentile (ranked #840) with 42 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 42 births per million (ranked 7.8% percentile). Despite a peak around 2013, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Fenix is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #840 (7.8% percentile) with 42 births per million.
For girls, Fenix reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 2.0% percentile (ranked #930) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Fenix is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #930 (1.8% percentile) with 13 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Fenix".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Fenix", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 10 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Phoenix" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Phoenix..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Fenix. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 57.5% confident that Fenix is pronounced as FEE-nihks, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is FEH-nihks, at 42.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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