Felix

#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births · #175 for boys in 2025, 2,064 births
Given to boys 99.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
1884 · 102 births
Debut · boys
92 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
83,508
since 1880

Felix over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Felix has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201926peak #137, 1884boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#9,45710#1752,064
2024#9,55610#1792,090
2023#12,1977#1931,899
2022#10,3839#1931,974
2021#7,63014#1941,959
2020#9,54610#2251,668
2019#7,02516#2221,693
2018#8,14613#2281,657
2017#7,84014#2461,513
2016#11,7818#2471,511
2015#6,97717#2641,377
2014#16,5135#2671,379
2013#8,58013#2971,180
2012#7,80415#3151,039
2011#16,7645#3101,035
2010#329951
2009#339927
2008#353890
2007#379810
2006#17,1685#395760
2005#13,0107#374770
2004#392691
2003#8,50512#376691
2002#13,5956#394661
2001#8,75811#380684
2000#376696
1999#9,4799#388664
1998#9,2609#388637
1997#13,7245#375646
1996#10,5677#380612
1995#13,3865#382622
1994#13,4305#390596
1993#9,5598#380607
1992#6,31414#346691
1991#11,5096#387585
1990#368634
1989#12,3625#366611
1988#359570
1987#7,9878#352551
1986#8,5237#376490
1985#378479
1984#10,4225#364491
1983#6,7059#360492
1982#351527
1981#5,25413#334555
1980#341540
1979#6,18910#337541
1978#332528
1977#6,8928#336534
1976#9,2845#336512
1975#5,9849#328538
1974#6,2588#327537
1973#315558
1972#5,10910#336527
1971#6,0068#314601
1970#7,9955#308639
1969#325571
1968#5,1478#319568
1967#6,8045#339488
1966#5,2737#326526
1965#311593
1964#6,7675#331566
1963#4,5399#319614
1962#5,8606#325582
1961#323586
1960#4,7738#306655
1959#5,0317#308631
1958#6,1035#303624
1957#3,69611#296648
1956#5,9525#306591
1955#5,8285#308557
1954#305565
1953#5,0406#296569
1952#5,5635#309539
1951#4,3857#298537
1950#304498
1949#302502
1948#4,2057#315457
1947#5,2955#312491
1946#307448
1945#3,3888#297405
1944#288422
1943#301417
1942#305401
1941#3,9546#297382
1940#2,9639#283390
1939#275398
1938#3,4507#279393
1937#3,4347#273397
1936#2,8579#270395
1935#4,2045#274389
1934#3,8026#274387
1933#3,1098#261407
1932#4,4115#258438
1931#2,9729#241480
1930#3,6587#243515
1929#4,0536#248498
1928#2,28415#263468
1927#2,55213#234563
1926#3,8737#236559
1925#217621
1924#5,0615#208662
1923#3,12510#206638
1922#3,6558#202656
1921#3,16410#206667
1920#3,5988#199668
1919#180725
1918#178746
1917#3,3448#185660
1916#173692
1915#189583
1914#172526
1913#186362
1912#192300
1911#179173
1910#176161
1909#165148
1908#182118
1907#188112
1906#168112
1905#169115
1904#175103
1903#17593
1902#154114
1901#20270
1900#170123
1899#16493
1898#162103
1897#15997
1896#19683
1895#141109
1894#19078
1893#16886
1892#16396
1891#15286
1890#18672
1889#16083
1888#148101
1887#15182
1886#15392
1885#16680
1884#137102
1883#17868
1882#15191
1881#16872
1880#14792
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Felix was already there! It came in at #147, and was given to 92 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1894, when fewer than 110 boys a year got the name.

See more about Felix
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 4 spots since 2024 (#179#175)
  • 50 spots since 2020 (#225#175)
  • 89 spots since 2015 (#264#175)
  • Biggest jump: 49 spots in 1895 (#190#141)
  • Biggest drop: 55 spots in 1896 (#141#196)
Rise & fade · boys
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1884 at #137 (102 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 824
  • Highest: 1 in 824 boys born in 2024 were named Felix (0.12%)
  • Latest: 1 in 828 boys born in 2025 (0.12%)
  • Its best rank, #137 in 1884, was only 1 in 1,122 (0.09%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 16.0% of all boys named Felix (13,335) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s863#137 (1884)#156
1890s903#141 (1895)#168
1900s1,108#154 (1902)#175
1910s4,928#172 (1914)#181
1920s6,000#199 (1920)#222
1930s4,199#241 (1931)#265
1940s4,315#283 (1940)#301
1950s5,759#296 (1957)#303
1960s5,749#306 (1960)#322
1970s5,515#308 (1970)#327
1980s5,306#334 (1981)#358
1990s6,294#346 (1992)#378
2000s7,580#339 (2009)#376
2010s13,335#222 (2019)#273
2020s11,654#175 (2025)#193

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Felix in 1926

girls
#3,873
7 births · 1 in 169,343 girls
boys
#236
559 births · 1 in 1,987 boys

Top girls' names in 1926

  1. #1Mary67,832
  2. #2Dorothy36,618
  3. #3Betty32,964
  4. #4Helen26,886
  5. #5Margaret23,072
  6. #6Ruth20,225
  7. #7Doris16,295
  8. #8Virginia16,161
  9. #9Mildred13,547
  10. #10Frances13,355
  11. #3,873Felix7

Top boys' names in 1926

  1. #1Robert61,130
  2. #2John56,108
  3. #3James53,196
  4. #4William51,922
  5. #5Charles29,521
  6. #6George25,910
  7. #7Richard25,143
  8. #8Joseph23,756
  9. #9Donald20,912
  10. #10Edward19,375
  11. #236Felix559
More about 1926

girls

1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 169,343 of them was named Felix, which outranked 31.1% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Felix
  1. #3,564Wylodean8
  2. #3,564Zane8
  3. #3,564Zonia8
  4. #3,873Felix7
  5. #3,873Adalee7
  6. #3,873Adelita7
  7. #3,873Adrianne7
  8. #4,306Acie6
  9. #4,306Adamae6
  10. #4,306Ader6

Tied with 432 names at #3,873; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. 1,047Janell#1,795#748
  2. 389Madalyn#1,225#836
  3. 382Evangelina#1,324#942
  4. 379Carla#1,252#873
  5. 351Vilma#1,020#669
Fallers
  1. 597Albertine#944#1,541
  2. 462Cleora#895#1,357
  3. 461Lorrayne#988#1,449
  4. 453Hermina#996#1,449
  5. 307Ethelene#913#1,220

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 1,987 of them was named Felix, which outranked 95.1% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Felix
  1. #233Grady576
  2. #234Murray568
  3. #235Perry565
  4. #236Felix559
  5. #237Burton558
  6. #238Owen554
  7. #239Rex552
Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. 477Jonnie#1,332#855
  2. 433Jorge#1,425#992
  3. 410Faustino#1,390#980
  4. 404Adelbert#1,246#842
  5. 381Cameron#1,164#783
Fallers
  1. 531Okey#984#1,515
  2. 459Florentino#973#1,432
  3. 407Rexford#924#1,331
  4. 380Marshal#973#1,353
  5. 378Coolidge#746#1,124

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1926