Meaning not yet researched.
Felix: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 2,064 in 2025. Its best rank was #137 in 1884.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #137 in 1884; #175 in 2025. About 99.5% of babies named Felix in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#175 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1884, at #137.
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Felix: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 2,064 boys in 2025. Peak: #137 in 1884 · most boys in one year: 2,090 (2024).
In 2025, 2,064 US boys were named Felix, making it the 175th most common boys’ name of the year, up 4 places from #179 in 2024. That is 26 fewer than the 2,090 boys named Felix in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #137, reached in 1884. The most boys given the name in a single year was 2,090, in 2024. For comparison, it was #264 in 2015 and #304 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Felix in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 92 babies with the name. In all, 84,180 US babies have been given the name, 0.8% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 13,441 babies named Felix.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 18,028 US boys were named Felix; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 2,090. In 2025 that was about 1 in 828 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Felix ranked highest in District of Columbia in 2025, at #62 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 5 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Felice (4,888 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Feliz, Phelix and Feliks are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Feliz (670), Phelix (221), Feliks (110), Felis (104), Felyx (17), Filex (10).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Felix in the open dataset we use.
Felix is listed as a nickname for Felicia.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 4 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 13 | #62 | #129 |
| Vermont | 7 | #69 | #114 |
| Washington | 88 | #86 | #138 |
| Minnesota | 67 | #94 | #168 |
| Oregon | 40 | #95 | #132 |
| Montana | 12 | #102 | — |
| Wyoming | 5 | #102 | — |
| Nevada | 29 | #107 | #253 |
| California | 377 | #108 | #211 |
| Maine | 13 | #108 | #251 |
| Massachusetts | 57 | #124 | #171 |
| New Hampshire | 11 | #134 | #198 |
| Colorado | 52 | #137 | #276 |
| Michigan | 70 | #144 | #278 |
| Delaware | 7 | #149 | — |
| Kansas | 24 | #161 | #364 |
| Idaho | 17 | #162 | #174 |
| New York | 118 | #162 | #198 |
| Rhode Island | 7 | #165 | — |
| South Dakota | 8 | #175 | #262 |
| Pennsylvania | 73 | #176 | #293 |
| Indiana | 48 | #178 | #263 |
| Connecticut | 19 | #180 | #238 |
| Utah | 30 | #181 | #348 |
| Texas | 204 | #183 | #305 |
| Virginia | 50 | #184 | #310 |
| Illinois | 59 | #198 | #352 |
| Ohio | 64 | #200 | #366 |
| Wisconsin | 30 | #207 | #209 |
| Maryland | 27 | #215 | #350 |
| Tennessee | 36 | #245 | #532 |
| New Mexico | 8 | #248 | #160 |
| Iowa | 16 | #250 | #282 |
| Georgia | 49 | #253 | #448 |
| Missouri | 28 | #253 | #245 |
| Arizona | 32 | #254 | #257 |
| Arkansas | 14 | #254 | #405 |
| New Jersey | 37 | #257 | #296 |
| North Carolina | 47 | #264 | #341 |
| Oklahoma | 18 | #269 | #534 |
| Nebraska | 9 | #274 | #273 |
| Louisiana | 18 | #282 | #513 |
| Florida | 65 | #297 | #353 |
| South Carolina | 16 | #333 | #496 |
| Alabama | 16 | #344 | #396 |
| Kentucky | 11 | #434 | #215 |
| Mississippi | 5 | #556 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| 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 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,763 | 664 | #388 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,542 | 637 | #388 |
| 1997 | 5 | #14,480 | 646 | #375 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,953 | 612 | #380 |
| 1995 | 5 | #14,161 | 622 | #382 |
| 1994 | 5 | #14,154 | 596 | #390 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,876 | 607 | #380 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,415 | 691 | #346 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,988 | 585 | #387 |
| 1990 | — | — | 634 | #368 |
| 1989 | 5 | #13,036 | 611 | #366 |
| 1988 | — | — | 570 | #359 |
| 1987 | 8 | #8,238 | 551 | #352 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,839 | 490 | #376 |
| 1985 | — | — | 479 | #378 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,937 | 491 | #364 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,889 | 492 | #360 |
| 1982 | — | — | 527 | #351 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,353 | 555 | #334 |
| 1980 | — | — | 540 | #341 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,339 | 541 | #337 |
| 1978 | — | — | 528 | #333 |
| 1977 | 8 | #7,080 | 534 | #336 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,749 | 512 | #336 |
| 1975 | 9 | #6,117 | 538 | #328 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,424 | 537 | #327 |
| 1973 | — | — | 558 | #315 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,209 | 527 | #336 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,186 | 601 | #314 |
| 1970 | 5 | #8,389 | 639 | #308 |
| 1969 | — | — | 571 | #325 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,286 | 568 | #319 |
| 1967 | 5 | #7,107 | 488 | #339 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,439 | 526 | #327 |
| 1965 | — | — | 593 | #311 |
| 1964 | 5 | #7,083 | 566 | #331 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,649 | 614 | #319 |
| 1962 | 6 | #6,090 | 582 | #325 |
| 1961 | — | — | 586 | #323 |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,900 | 655 | #306 |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,204 | 631 | #308 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,386 | 624 | #303 |
| 1957 | 11 | #3,769 | 648 | #296 |
| 1956 | 5 | #6,254 | 591 | #307 |
| 1955 | 5 | #6,138 | 557 | #308 |
| 1954 | — | — | 565 | #305 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,242 | 569 | #296 |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,836 | 539 | #309 |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,514 | 537 | #298 |
| 1950 | — | — | 498 | #304 |
| 1949 | — | — | 502 | #302 |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,324 | 457 | #315 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,572 | 491 | #312 |
| 1946 | — | — | 448 | #308 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,479 | 405 | #297 |
| 1944 | — | — | 422 | #288 |
| 1943 | — | — | 417 | #301 |
| 1942 | — | — | 401 | #306 |
| 1941 | 6 | #4,116 | 382 | #297 |
| 1940 | 9 | #3,042 | 390 | #283 |
| 1939 | — | — | 398 | #275 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,604 | 393 | #279 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,564 | 397 | #273 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,942 | 395 | #270 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,437 | 389 | #274 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,979 | 387 | #274 |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,216 | 407 | #262 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,647 | 438 | #258 |
| 1931 | 9 | #3,057 | 480 | #241 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,794 | 515 | #243 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,245 | 498 | #249 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,318 | 468 | #263 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,604 | 563 | #234 |
| 1926 | 7 | #4,019 | 559 | #236 |
| 1925 | — | — | 621 | #217 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,360 | 662 | #208 |
| 1923 | 10 | #3,206 | 638 | #206 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,784 | 656 | #202 |
| 1921 | 10 | #3,243 | 667 | #206 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,732 | 668 | #200 |
| 1919 | — | — | 725 | #180 |
| 1918 | — | — | 746 | #178 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,465 | 660 | #185 |
| 1916 | — | — | 692 | #174 |
| 1915 | — | — | 583 | #189 |
| 1914 | — | — | 526 | #172 |
| 1913 | — | — | 362 | #186 |
| 1912 | — | — | 300 | #193 |
| 1911 | — | — | 173 | #179 |
| 1910 | — | — | 161 | #176 |
| 1909 | — | — | 148 | #165 |
| 1908 | — | — | 118 | #182 |
| 1907 | — | — | 112 | #188 |
| 1906 | — | — | 112 | #168 |
| 1905 | — | — | 115 | #169 |
| 1904 | — | — | 103 | #176 |
| 1903 | — | — | 93 | #176 |
| 1902 | — | — | 114 | #154 |
| 1901 | — | — | 70 | #202 |
| 1900 | — | — | 123 | #170 |
| 1899 | — | — | 93 | #164 |
| 1898 | — | — | 103 | #162 |
| 1897 | — | — | 97 | #160 |
| 1896 | — | — | 83 | #196 |
| 1895 | — | — | 109 | #141 |
| 1894 | — | — | 78 | #190 |
| 1893 | — | — | 86 | #168 |
| 1892 | — | — | 96 | #163 |
| 1891 | — | — | 86 | #152 |
| 1890 | — | — | 72 | #187 |
| 1889 | — | — | 83 | #161 |
| 1888 | — | — | 101 | #149 |
| 1887 | — | — | 82 | #152 |
| 1886 | — | — | 92 | #153 |
| 1885 | — | — | 80 | #166 |
| 1884 | — | — | 102 | #137 |
| 1883 | — | — | 68 | #178 |
| 1882 | — | — | 91 | #152 |
| 1881 | — | — | 72 | #169 |
| 1880 | — | — | 92 | #148 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).