girls:
318 births since 1998
#5398 (6th percentile)
boys:
456 births since 1994
#4130 (10th percentile)
overall:
774 births since 1994
#6965 (10th percentile)
The name Phenix is the #6,965 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 774 recorded births since 1994. This represents the 10.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,130 (9.9% percentile) for all time with 456 births since 1994. For girls, it ranks #5,398 (5.5% percentile) for all time with 318 births since 1998.
Phenix first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1994 (1994 for boys and 1998 for girls). Birth data for Phenix is available in 28 out of the 30 years between 1994 and 2023 (27 years for boys and 25 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Phenix has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (58.9% of all recorded births). In 2023, 49.1% of babies named Phenix were boys.
For boys, Phenix reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 2.4% percentile (ranked #889) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Phenix is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #889 (2.4% percentile) with 15 births per million.
For girls, Phenix reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 2.4% percentile (ranked #924) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 16 births per million (ranked 2.4% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Phenix is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #924 (2.4% percentile) with 16 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Phenix".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Phenix. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 82.9% confident that Phenix is pronounced as FEE-nihks, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is FEH-nihks, at 17.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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