Felix

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #175in 2025
  • 1 in 827boys in 2025
  • +68%last ten years
  • 3.5×in District of Columbia

2024 was its biggest year ever, up 68% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

06071,21318801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Felix, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880833
1881715
1882800
1883650
1884891
1885742
1886830
1887809
1888836
1889751
1890649
1891850
1892787
1893766
1894674
1895929
1896694
1897860
1898840
1899876
1900817
1901657
1902929
1903780
1904804
1905869
1906841
1907763
1908765
1909902
1910829
1911766
1912698
1913706
1914803
1915687
1916777
1917713
1918736
1919740
1920628
1921606
1922603
1923582
1924584
1925556
1926503
1927500
1928423
1929463
1930469
1931462
1932419
1933410
1934375
1935374
1936381
1937372
1938354
1939360
1940336
1941311
1942290
1943292
1944310
1945301
1946276
1947268
1948260
1949283
1950278
1951285
1952277
1953288
1954277
1955270
1956279
1957300
1958294
1959296
1960307
1961276
1962281
1963302
1964284
1965319
1966295
1967280
1968327
1969319
1970344
1971340
1972325
1973358
1974342
1975345
1976326
1977325
1978322
1979314
1980303
1981310
1982290
1983274
1984272
1985259
1986266
1987295
1988298
1989305
1990309
1991290
1992346
1993309
1994308
1995327
1996323
1997343
1998333
1999346
2000354
2001352
2002340
2003350
2004348
2005386
2006370
2007390
2008436
2009467
2010496
2011545
2012548
2013624
2014718
2015718
2016796
2017817
2018912
2019944
2020966
20211,120
20221,131
20231,110
20241,213
20251,208

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. District of Columbia 3.5×
  2. Maine 2.7×
  3. Washington 2.3×
  4. Oregon 2.3×
  5. Minnesota 2.1×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
2,064
Rank in 2025
#175
How rare
1 in 827 boys
Since 1880
83,508

Most popular in 2024, at 1,213 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 68% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
District of Columbia3.5×34
Maine2.7×36
Washington2.3×267
Oregon2.3×119
Minnesota2.1×177

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.