girls:
414 births since 1995
#5302 (7th percentile)
boys:
541 births since 1994
#4045 (12th percentile)
overall:
955 births since 1994
#6784 (12th percentile)
The name Pheonix is the #6,784 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 955 recorded births since 1994. This represents the 12.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,045 (11.7% percentile) for all time with 541 births since 1994. For girls, it ranks #5,302 (7.2% percentile) for all time with 414 births since 1995.
Pheonix first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1994 (1994 for boys and 1995 for girls).
The name Pheonix has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (56.6% of all recorded births). In 2023, 64.9% of babies named Pheonix were boys.
For boys, Pheonix reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 3.2% percentile (ranked #852) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 18 births per million (ranked 3.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Pheonix ranks #892 for boys (2.1% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 74.1% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Pheonix reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 2.6% percentile (ranked #933) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 17 births per million (ranked 2.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Pheonix ranks #939 for girls (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 44.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Pheonix".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Pheonix. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 75.0% confident that Pheonix is pronounced as FEE-nihks, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is FEE-uh-nihks, at 15.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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