first name
PHOENIX
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 24,525 people named Phoenix, 53.1% reported their origin as White, 18.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 11.7% as two or more races. 60.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Phoenix peaked in 2020, when 2,650 babies got the name.
At least 40,635 babies have been given the name since 1968. 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.
Phoenix by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #311. The largest share of babies named Phoenix, 66.5%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Phoenix is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Phoenix has been most common in Nevada (2.9×), Arizona (1.9×), and Utah (1.8×), and least common in Montana (0.29×).
37,529 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 Phoenix
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Phoenix, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Phoenix ranks #9,121 of 156,621, with 3,442 people. See Phoenix as a last name
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