How Many People Are Named Felix?
people named Felix are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 5,693 people in the US has this name
Based on 84,180 babies named Felix in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,100 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a Roman cognomen meaning "lucky, successful" in Latin. It was acquired as an agnomen, or nickname, by the 1st-century BC Roman general Sulla. It also appears in the New Testament belonging to the governor of Judea who imprisoned Saint Paul.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Felix, 0.8% were girls and 99.2% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Felix alive today is about 29 years old, and 58% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 48 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Felix first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2024, to 2,100 babies. In 2025, 2,074 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Felix has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #137, in 1884. In 2025 it ranked #175.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #175 |
| Best rank | #137 (1884) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #272 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Felix alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Felix were born in California than in any other state: about 10,285 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Felix was given 3.8 times as often in New Mexico, 2 times in Texas and 1.7 times in Colorado.
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