Phoenix

girls:

14.7k births since 1970

#1264 (78th percentile)

boys:

22.3k births since 1968

#769 (83rd percentile)

overall:

37k births since 1968

#1298 (83rd percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Phoenix".

1968 2023 19682023

Key Statistics

Total Births
14,732
Peak Births
1,112
Peak Year
2020
First Recorded
1970
Peak Percentile
71.8%
Current Percentile
65.5%
Peak Rank
#266
Current Rank
#327
Female statistics
Total Births
22,268
Peak Births
1,533
Peak Year
2020
First Recorded
1968
Peak Percentile
74.4%
Current Percentile
71.4%
Peak Rank
#231
Current Rank
#261
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Phoenix

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Phoenix. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 85.4% confident that Phoenix is pronounced as FEE-nihks. The next most likely pronunciation is fee-nihks, at 14.6% confidence.

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85.4%
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14.6%
fee-nihks (2 syllables)
14.6% confidence
F IY0 N IH0 K S

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Phoenix. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Phoenix, please vote using the thumbs up button.

FEH-nihks (2 syllables)
4 names 2.2k births
F EH1 N IH0 K S
FIH-nihk (2 syllables)
3 names 1.2k births
F IH1 N IH0 K

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like F IY1 N IH0 K S) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.