Felix
Feminine · “Latin felix”
Felix is given to boys far more often — 83,508 boys against 672 girls since 1880. See Felix as a boy name
Yemen was Arabia Felix to the Romans: the fertile Arabia, as opposed to Arabia Deserta and Arabia Petraea, the desert one and the rocky one. It was the source of frankincense and myrrh and the only part of the peninsula the Romans thought worth invading.
How old is the name Felix?
Felix first appears in US birth records in 1917 — 108 years ago. The typical Felix alive today was born around 1979, making them about 46 years old. About 500 people named Felix are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Felix most popular?
Felix peaked in 1928, reaching #2284 nationally. Today it ranks #9457, 7,173 places below that high. See the whole 1928 chart.
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Where it comes from
From felix to Felix
The story of Felix
Roman geographers divided Arabia into three. Arabia Petraea was the north-west, named for its capital Petra. Arabia Deserta was the interior. Arabia Felix was the south, roughly modern Yemen, and it was called fortunate because it was fertile: monsoon rain fell there, terraced agriculture was possible, and it controlled the frankincense and myrrh trade that supplied the temples of the whole Mediterranean. Aelius Gallus led a Roman expedition against it in about 26 BC on Augustus's orders, lost most of his army to disease and bad guides, and achieved nothing. The name kept its Latin sense of fruitful rather than lucky, which is a useful reminder that the adjective in the name Felix meant something more agricultural than it now sounds.
Meaning
Latin felix, fruitful or fortunate
Felix is a Latin adjective meaning originally fruitful and later fortunate or happy, used as a personal name from the Republic onward and borne by dozens of saints and four popes. It is one of very few Latin names in continuous use for more than two thousand years. The female entries in the American record are few and mostly represent family names. The female peak is 1928.
How the name formed
- felix
- Felix
Related forms: Felix · Felix · Felicity
Pronouncing Felix
FEE-liks
Two syllables, stress on the first. Spanish and German say FEH-leeks with a shorter first vowel. The x is said ks in all of them.
Nicknames for Felix
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1917
- Most girls named
- 201517 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2284reached in 1928
- Change vs 2023
- +42.9%10 in 2025, from 7
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Felix in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Felix in Spanish — same name
- Felix in German — same name
- Felicity in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California.
Felixs among us
people named Felix are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 160,727 born in 2025 was named Felix
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Felix sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Felix beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Felix in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is clear and unambiguously positive.
- It has been in continuous use for over two thousand years.
- It is spelled identically in most European languages.
- It is read as a man's name almost everywhere.
- Felicity and Felicia are the established female forms.
- A famous cartoon cat carries the name.
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Felix
Feminine · #9457 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Felixs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Felix are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Felix in 2025?
- Felix ranks #9457 among US girl names in 2025, with 10 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Felix?
- About 1 in every 160,727 US girls born in 2025 was named Felix — 10 in all.
- Will my child share the name Felix with classmates?
- Felix will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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