Phoenix
Phoenix is ranked 275th among boys in 2024 (1,227 births). Its best rank was 236th, in 2020.
- Rank in 2024
- #275down 6 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,2270.07% of boys
- Peak year
- 20201,534 births
- Best rank
- #236in 2020
- Since 1968
- 39,000people given the name
The story in the numbers
23,520 boys have been named Phoenix in the United States since 1968, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2020, with 1,534 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2016, and the 2010s alone account for 45%. It has spent 29 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Phoenix is used for both sexes: 40% of its bearers are girls (15,480), most of them born around 2020.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 2020, its biggest year
Phoenix was the 236th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2020 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah and William. See all of 2020.
Names that rose and fell with Phoenix
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jessiahpeak 2020
- Adonaipeak 2024
- Adielpeak 2021
- Kianpeak 2024
- Abdielpeak 2019
- Malakhipeak 2019
- Izraelpeak 2023
- Audenpeak 2020
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.