Recorded 1994–2025 · United States
Pheonix was most popular in 2022, when 59 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,051 that year. In 2025 it ranked #9,648, with 22 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,012 people named Pheonix.
Pheonix first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1994, which makes it about 31 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 32 of the 32 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,012 American births named Pheonix between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,001 are estimated to be alive today.
22 American babies were named Pheonix in 2025, ranking #9,648 that year.
Pheonix is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 37 births a year, against 32 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +16% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Pheonix is a unisex name — 43.4% of the 1,012 Americans given it were girls and 56.6% were boys. It changed hands: since 2023 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 44% girls and 56% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 1,001 Americans named Pheonix are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 15 years old, and half are between 7 and 21.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org