boys' name ★ peaked 2024

Felix

Meaning en (English) Gender Boy · 1% girls Rank 2025 #175 Trend ↑ Rising 25%

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Rank 2025
#175
among boys · ↑4 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
2,074
named Felix · -1% vs 2024
How common
1 in 828
boys born in 2025
Peak year
2024
2,100 babies
All-time total
84,180
#353 all-time among boys
First recorded
1880
in Social Security records

Felix popularity over time

84,180 babies have been named Felix since 1880, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
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By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s – 863 863 86 – #137
1890s – 903 903 90 +5% #141
1900s – 1,108 1,108 111 +23% #154
1910s 8 4,928 4,936 494 +345% #172
1920s 82 6,000 6,082 608 +23% #200
1930s 63 4,199 4,262 426 -30% #241
1940s 35 4,315 4,350 435 +2% #283
1950s 51 5,759 5,810 581 +34% #296
1960s 48 5,749 5,797 580 0% #306
1970s 63 5,515 5,578 558 -4% #308
1980s 47 5,306 5,353 535 -4% #334
1990s 68 6,294 6,362 636 +19% #346
2000s 41 7,580 7,621 762 +20% #339
2010s 106 13,335 13,441 1,344 +76% #222
2020s (to 2025) 60 11,654 11,714 1,952 +45% #175

Where Felix is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 boys (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 boys Implied rank
2026 2,142 1.25 #170
2027 2,210 1.29 #167
2028 2,270 1.33 #161
2029 2,322 1.36 #159
2030 2,367 1.39 #156

Where Felix is most popular

Boys named Felix per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 1.16 per 1,000. Strongest in Vermont, District of Columbia, and Wyoming.

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All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are boys named Felix born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Boys 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Vermont 34 5.41 +368%
District of Columbia 65 4.40 +281%
Wyoming 18 3.11 +169%
Maine 57 2.94 +154%
Washington 427 2.61 +126%
Oregon 197 2.60 +124%
Minnesota 288 2.35 +103%
Colorado 282 2.18 +89%
Montana 36 2.04 +77%
Wisconsin 235 1.98 +72%
California 1,747 1.91 +65%
New Hampshire 42 1.89 +64%
Massachusetts 259 1.88 +63%
Idaho 77 1.88 +63%
Nevada 100 1.75 +52%
Utah 167 1.75 +51%
Iowa 106 1.54 +33%
North Dakota 26 1.52 +32%
Kansas 104 1.52 +31%
Alaska 18 1.51 +31%
South Dakota 28 1.50 +30%
Michigan 304 1.48 +28%
Rhode Island 24 1.47 +27%
New Mexico 48 1.46 +26%
New York 609 1.41 +22%
Nebraska 61 1.40 +21%
Missouri 187 1.35 +17%
Illinois 337 1.32 +14%
Connecticut 87 1.29 +11%
Pennsylvania 337 1.27 +10%
Indiana 191 1.19 ≈ national
Virginia 226 1.19 ≈ national
Ohio 311 1.17 ≈ national
Maryland 139 1.17 ≈ national
Oklahoma 98 1.11 ≈ national
Arizona 181 1.11 ≈ national
Kentucky 110 1.10 -5%
Texas 881 1.000 -14%
Arkansas 61 0.964 -17%
Tennessee 164 0.909 -21%
North Carolina 227 0.889 -23%
New Jersey 170 0.844 -27%
Hawaii 13 0.837 -28%
Georgia 208 0.821 -29%
South Carolina 82 0.794 -31%
Louisiana 81 0.792 -32%
Delaware 12 0.791 -32%
Florida 370 0.781 -32%
Alabama 63 0.576 -50%
West Virginia 16 0.490 -58%
Mississippi 16 0.282 -76%

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Felix

Felix is moderately common for boys in the United States, ranked #175 in 2025 with 2,064 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1880, 84,180 American babies have been named Felix. Its peak came in 2024, when 2,100 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Felix stood among all boys' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Felix?

The median living Felix is about 23 years old; half are between 8 and 49. An estimated 61 thousand people named Felix are alive in the United States today.

median 23 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Felix year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 10 #9,667 2,064 #175
2024 10 #9,788 2,090 #179
2023 7 #12,568 1,899 #193
2022 9 #10,643 1,974 #193
2021 14 #7,758 1,959 #194
2020 10 #9,790 1,668 #225
2019 16 #7,132 1,693 #222
2018 13 #8,293 1,657 #228
2017 14 #7,986 1,513 #246
2016 8 #12,134 1,511 #247
2015 17 #7,081 1,377 #264
2014 5 #17,401 1,379 #267
2013 13 #8,738 1,180 #298
2012 15 #7,960 1,039 #315
2011 5 #17,664 1,035 #310
2010 – – 951 #329
2009 – – 927 #339
2008 – – 890 #353
2007 – – 810 #379
2006 5 #18,048 760 #395
2005 7 #13,471 770 #374
2004 – – 691 #392
2003 12 #8,687 691 #376
2002 6 #14,170 661 #394
2001 11 #8,959 684 #380
2000 – – 696 #377
1995 5 #14,161 622 #382
1990 – – 634 #368
1985 – – 479 #378
1980 – – 540 #341
1975 9 #6,117 538 #328
1970 5 #8,389 639 #308
1965 – – 593 #311
1960 8 #4,900 655 #306
1955 5 #6,138 557 #308
1950 – – 498 #304
1945 8 #3,479 405 #297
1940 9 #3,042 390 #283
1935 5 #4,437 389 #274
1930 7 #3,794 515 #243
1925 – – 621 #217
1920 8 #3,732 668 #200
1915 – – 583 #189
1910 – – 161 #176
1905 – – 115 #169
1900 – – 123 #170
1895 – – 109 #141
1890 – – 72 #187
1885 – – 80 #166
1880 – – 92 #148

Famous people named Felix

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Felix Baumgartner Felix Baumgartner Austrian skydiver and extreme sportsman (1969–2025) Contemporary
  2. 2 Felix Mendelssohn Felix Mendelssohn German composer (1809–1847) 19th century
  3. 3 Felix Steiner Felix Steiner Waffen-SS commander (1896–1966) 19th century
  4. 4 Felix Yusupov Felix Yusupov Russian aristocrat (1887–1967) 19th century
  5. 5 Felix Dzerzhinsky Felix Dzerzhinsky Soviet revolutionary and politician (1877–1926) 19th century
  6. 6 Felix Magath Felix Magath German football player and manager (born 1953) Contemporary
  7. 7 Felix Salten Felix Salten Austro-Hungarian Jewish author and literary critic (1869–1945) 19th century
  8. 8 Felix Bloch Felix Bloch Swiss-American physicist (1905–1983) Contemporary
  9. 9 Felix Kersten Felix Kersten Finnish physiotherapist to Nazis (1898–1960) 19th century
  10. 10 Felix Wankel Felix Wankel German mechanical engineer (1902–1988) Contemporary
  11. 11 Felix Hausdorff Felix Hausdorff German mathematician (1868–1942) 19th century
  12. 12 Felix Hoffmann Felix Hoffmann German chemist (1868–1946) 19th century
  13. 13 Felix Brych Felix Brych German football referee b. 1975 · Contemporary
  14. 14 Felix of Nola Felix of Nola Italian Roman Catholic saint 300–313 · Antiquity
  15. 15 Felix Nussbaum Felix Nussbaum German painter 1904–1944 · Contemporary
  16. 16 Felix Weingartner Felix Weingartner Austrian musician (1863–1942) 19th century
  17. 17 Felix of Valois Felix of Valois French Catholic former Cistercian hermit (1127–1212) Medieval
  18. 18 Felix Graf von Bothmer Felix Graf von Bothmer German general 1852–1937 · 19th century
  19. 19 Felix Jacoby Felix Jacoby German classicist and philologist (1876–1959) 19th century
  20. 20 Felix Dahn Felix Dahn German professor, author, poet, and historian (1834–1912) 19th century

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Felix, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Felix?

The median living Felix is about 23 years old. Half of all living Felixs are between 8 and 49 years old.

How many people named Felix are alive today?

An estimated 61 thousand people named Felix are alive in the United States, based on 84,180 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Felix mean?

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How popular is the name Felix in 2025?

Felix ranked #175 among boys' names in the United States in 2025, with 2,064 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Felix?

84,180 babies have been named Felix in the United States since 1880, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Felix most popular?

Felix peaked in 2024, when 2,100 newborns received the name.

Is Felix a boy or girl name?

Felix is overwhelmingly a boy's name: 99% of babies with the name.

Is the name Felix rising or falling?

Felix is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Felix become more popular?

Felix is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 2,367 boys named Felix in 2030, which would rank around #156. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Felix?

Well-known people named Felix include Felix Baumgartner (athlete), Felix Mendelssohn (composer), Felix Steiner (military personnel).

Names like Felix

Names that sound and feel close to Felix: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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