# Felix (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/felix/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “happy”, “lucky” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈfiːlɪks/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 84,180 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 83,508 / 672 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 15,189, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Fēlīx (literally “happy, lucky”).

## What it means

Felix is grouped under joy and rich.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 17,664 |
| 2012 | 15 | 7,960 |
| 2013 | 13 | 8,738 |
| 2014 | 5 | 17,401 |
| 2015 | 17 | 7,081 |
| 2016 | 8 | 12,134 |
| 2017 | 14 | 7,986 |
| 2018 | 13 | 8,293 |
| 2019 | 16 | 7,132 |
| 2020 | 10 | 9,790 |
| 2021 | 14 | 7,758 |
| 2022 | 9 | 10,643 |
| 2023 | 7 | 12,568 |
| 2024 | 10 | 9,788 |
| 2025 | 10 | 9,667 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,035 | 310 |
| 2012 | 1,039 | 315 |
| 2013 | 1,180 | 298 |
| 2014 | 1,379 | 267 |
| 2015 | 1,377 | 264 |
| 2016 | 1,511 | 247 |
| 2017 | 1,513 | 246 |
| 2018 | 1,657 | 228 |
| 2019 | 1,693 | 222 |
| 2020 | 1,668 | 225 |
| 2021 | 1,959 | 194 |
| 2022 | 1,974 | 193 |
| 2023 | 1,899 | 193 |
| 2024 | 2,090 | 179 |
| 2025 | 2,064 | 175 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3 | 3,912 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 492 | 131 |
| 2012 | 558 | 114 |
| 2013 | 666 | 91 |
| 2014 | 614 | 98 |
| 2015 | 680 | 95 |
| 2016 | 666 | 99 |
| 2017 | 661 | 100 |
| 2018 | 689 | 93 |
| 2019 | 694 | 88 |
| 2020 | 749 | 77 |
| 2021 | 807 | 71 |
| 2022 | 733 | 77 |
| 2023 | 705 | 73 |
| 2024 | 810 | 62 |
| 2025 | 811 | 59 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: فيليكس
- Catalan: Fèlix, Feliu
- Czech: Felix
- Danish: Felix
- Dutch: Felix
- Esperanto: Felikso
- Estonian: Feliks
- French: Félix
- German: Felix
- Greek: Φήλιξ
- Hebrew: פליקס
- Hungarian: Félix
- Indonesian: Felix
- Italian: Felice
- Japanese: フェリックス
- Korean: 펠릭스
- Latin: Fēlīx
- Norwegian: Felix
- Polish: Feliks, Szczęsny
- Portuguese: Félix

## People named Felix

- Felix Mendelssohn, German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of Jewish descent (1809-1847)
- Felix Klein, German mathematician, author of the Erlangen Program (1849–1925)
- Felix Baumgartner, Austrian skydiver, daredevil and BASE jumper (1969–2025)
- Félix Houphouët-Boigny, First President of Ivory Coast, from 1960 to 1993 (1905-1993)
- Félix Faure, 7th President of the French Republic (1841–1899)
- Felix Salten, Austro-Hungarian Jewish author and literary critic (1869–1945)
- Felix Magath, German association football player and manager
- Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician (*1868 – †1942)
- Félix Guattari, French psychoanalyst (1930–1992)
- Felix II, archdeacon of Rome, antipope or pope in 355 (died 365)
- Felix Nmecha, German association football player
- Félix Sánchez, Dominican track and field athlete

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.