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How popular is the name Phoenix?
Births per year, rank history and how many Phoenixes are alive today.
Phoenix (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 287th in 2025 with 158 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2021, when 324 babies were given the name, the 164th most popular that year. It has declined since 2021; the 2025 figure is roughly 49% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years.
The Phoenix you are most likely to meet is around 5 years old. Half of all Phoenixes born in England and Wales are between 5 and 14, and there are at least 4,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 1.3% chance that at least one of them will be called Phoenix.
How many babies are named Phoenix each year?
Where does Phoenix rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Phoenix most popular?
Phoenix peaked in 2021, when 324 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Phoenix?
At least 4,000 people named Phoenix born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Phoenix?
Most living Phoenixes are between 5 and 14; the most common age is about 5.
Is Phoenix becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2021 peak.