How rare is the name Felix?

80,554 people in the United States have the first name Felix, about 1 in 3,749. It ranks #659 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

FELIX

#659

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
80,554
About
1 in 3,749
This common or more
63.4%
Who bears it

Of the 80,554 people named Felix, 67.6% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 17.3% as White and 7.4% as Black. 98.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Felix peaked in 2024, when 2,100 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
2,100
In 2025*
2,074 ▼1%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 84,180 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Felix by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #353. The largest share of babies named Felix, 26.3%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#368863
1890s#458903
1900s#4921,108
1910s#4294,936
1920s#4856,082
1930s#5664,262
1940s#6514,350
1950s#6605,810
1960s#7115,797
1970s#7185,578
1980s#7765,353
1990s#7886,362
2000s#7887,621
2010s#51513,441
2020s#35311,714
Before 19012.2%
Greatest Generation 1901–2713.1%
Silent Generation 1928–459.1%
Baby boom 1946–6412.8%
Generation X 1965–8010.6%
Millennials 1981–9610.9%
Generation Z 1997–1215%
2013 and later26.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Felix is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Felix has been most common in New Mexico (3.7×), Texas (2.1×), and Colorado (1.8×), and least common in West Virginia (0.2×).

76,294 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Felix

#657 Pablo · 80,699#658 Arianna · 80,594#660 Hazel · 80,463#661 Salvador · 80,151

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Felix, most common first.

#10,276 Feliz · 1,306#34,047 Felis · 241#51,822 Felex · 111

Also a last name

As a last name, Felix ranks #837 of 156,621, with 40,449 people. See Felix as a last name

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