Is Pheonix a boy or girl name?

Pheonix is a unisex name. Of the 1,012 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 43.4% were girls and 56.6% were boys. It changed hands in 2023, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Pheonix

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 over time

Births per year. The dot marks Pheonix’s peak in 2022. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Pheonix a boy’s or a girl’s name?

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.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org