Phoenix is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning “the date (fruit and tree)", "mythical bird.” In 2024 it was given to 1,227 boys in the United States.
Phoenix belongs to the Greek tradition. Its meaning — “the date (fruit and tree)", "mythical bird” — is the sense carried by its Greek roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Phoenix first appears in Social Security records in 1968. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #236 in 2020, and in 2024 1,227 babies received the name — 23,520 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Phoenix means “the date (fruit and tree)", "mythical bird” in its Greek roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Phoenix is a boy name. In 2024, 1,227 babies received the name in the US.
Phoenix comes from the Greek tradition.
Phoenix first appears in US records in 1968. Its best-ever ranking was #236 in 2020, and 1,227 babies were given the name in 2024.
Phoenix is pronounced /ˈfiːnɪks/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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