NameTides

Felix

Felix was the #175 boys' name in the US in 2025 (2,064 babies), and #59 in England & Wales and #25 in Canada.

Felix as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Felix as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandUSNorthern Ireland
Felix as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#175 (2,064)#59 (811)#129 (35)#237 (8)#135 (40)#25 (704)#60 (130)#46 (135)
2024#179 (2,090)#62 (810)#118 (42)#144 (15)#207 (23)#29 (662)#59 (125)#55 (133)
2023#193 (1,899)#73 (705)#162 (28)#161 (14)#224 (20)#25 (686)#57 (127)#49 (121)
2022#193 (1,974)#77 (733)#184 (25)#163 (13)#214 (24)#23 (811)#71 (119)#61 (109)
2021#194 (1,959)#71 (807)#127 (43)#249 (8)#168 (32)#21 (928)#72 (128)#56 (120)
2020#225 (1,668)#77 (749)#156 (32)#231 (8)#181 (28)#22 (854)#97 (96)#58 (118)
2019#222 (1,693)#88 (694)#163 (32)#274 (6)#174 (32)#22 (930)#81 (110)#69 (109)
2018#228 (1,657)#93 (689)#168 (32)#171 (14)#262 (18)#24 (904)—#83 (80)
2017#246 (1,513)#100 (661)#186 (29)#202 (10)#220 (25)#25 (853)#87 (102)#91 (72)
2016#247 (1,511)#99 (666)#175 (33)#320 (5)#245 (20)#22 (973)#71 (152)#83 (80)
2015#264 (1,377)#95 (680)#220 (22)#288 (6)#265 (18)#22 (1,011)#82 (117)#95 (65)
2014#267 (1,379)#98 (614)#216 (23)#191 (12)#280 (17)#21 (1,051)#86 (117)#78 (83)
2013#297 (1,180)#91 (666)#203 (24)#208 (10)#265 (19)#23 (999)#82 (127)#95 (74)
2012#315 (1,039)#114 (558)#224 (21)#217 (9)#279 (17)#26 (983)—#94 (78)
2011#310 (1,035)#131 (492)#288 (13)#375 (3)#342 (12)#25 (1,003)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #179.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 830 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 830common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 340common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 560common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 590common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 230common

Next year

On its recent trend, Felix is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 810 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 770 to 1 in 860.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Felix by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #101MEWisconsin: #204WIVermont: #64VTNew Hampshire: #130NHWashington: #84WAIdaho: #162IDMontana: #96MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #94MNIllinois: #198ILMichigan: #143MINew York: #162NYMassachusetts: #123MAOregon: #94ORNevada: #106NVWyoming: #89WYSouth Dakota: #171SDIowa: #246IAIndiana: #176INOhio: #198OHPennsylvania: #175PANew Jersey: #251NJConnecticut: #179CTRhode Island: #155RICalifornia: #108CAUtah: #181UTColorado: #134CONebraska: #266NEMissouri: #252MOKentucky: #422KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #182VAMaryland: #214MDDelaware: #142DEArizona: #250AZNew Mexico: #236NMKansas: #160KSArkansas: #247ARTennessee: #244TNNorth Carolina: #264NCSouth Carolina: #327SCDistrict of Columbia: #60DCOklahoma: #264OKLouisiana: #278LAMississippi: #522MSAlabama: #333ALGeorgia: #252GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #183TXFlorida: #294FL
Felix (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#22273
Ontario2024#57194

Felix (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
FelixCanadaGirls—too few
FelixCanadaBoys#25704
FelixEngland & WalesGirls—too few
FelixEngland & WalesBoys#59811
FelixIrelandBoys#13540
FélixIrelandBoys—too few
FelixNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
FelixNorthern IrelandBoys#2378
FelixNSWBoys#60130
FelixScotlandBoys#12935
FelixUSGirls#9,45710
FelixUSBoys#1752,064
FelixVICBoys#46135