Phoenix

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Phoenix: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Phoenix: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #57 in 2012, and it stood at #577 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
125times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#57highest recorded position
18groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Phoenix's record

2 registrars publish it in more than one category list — an observation about those lists, not about the name. Names published across category lists

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1646
1997	#1958
1998	#2407
1999	#1557
2000	#689
2001	#685
2002	#631
2003	#569
2004	#607
2005	#562
2006	#580
2007	#693
2008	#691
2009	#738
2010	#616
2011	#721
2012	#801
2013	#784
2014	#763
2015	#625
2016	#655
2017	#616
2018	#497
2019	#398
2020	#449
2021	#483
2022	#525
2023	#461
2024	#547

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #231 among boys in England and Wales, #404 among boys in Northern Ireland, #430 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #432 among boys in Scotland.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1646 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2004–2019
Highest recorded position: #57 among boys in New Zealand, in 2012 (recorded 2004–2019).
New Zealand · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #577 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Phoenix appears in 8 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 3,865 births with the name.

Phoenix across 8 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Phoenix's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#1458 (1996)	#164 (2020)	#231 (2024)	29 of 29	3,865 (1996–2024)	324 (2021)
England and Wales · Girls	#1646 (1996)	#398 (2019)	#547 (2024)	29 of 29	1,586 (1996–2024)	108 (2019)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#655 (2003)	#474 (2018)	#898 (2024)	13 of 22	48 (2003–2024)	8 (2018)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#596 (2006)	#232 (2021)	#577 (2025)	17 of 20	141 (2006–2025)	21 (2021)
New Zealand · Boys	#88 (2004)	#57 (2012)	#94 (2019)	16 of 16	986 (2004–2019)	86 (2012)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#387 (2010)	#253 (2016)	#404 (2024)	11 of 15	49 (2010–2024)	7 (2016)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#98 (2010)	#82 (2018)	#82 (2018)	4 of 9	409 (2010–2018)	111 (2018)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#263 (2017)	#263 (2017)	#350 (2021)	4 of 5	16 (2017–2021)	6 (2017)

Phoenix by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Phoenix in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	46	4 of 10	12
2000s	655	10 of 10	66
2010s	1,760	10 of 10	176
2020sbusiest	1,404	5 of 10	281

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 281 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2019 and 2020, when recorded births rose by 70, from 253 to 323.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Phoenix appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #57 in New Zealand in 2012.

Phoenix's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#547	71	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#231	213	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#461	86	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#194	257	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#525	75	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#176	287	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#483	87	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#164	324	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#449	92	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#164	323	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#398	108	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#201	253	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#497	86	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#248	207	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#616	68	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#219	243	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#655	64	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#282	180	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#625	66	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#317	148	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#763	51	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#331	137	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#784	49	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#266	180	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#801	48	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#286	161	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#721	53	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#349	124	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#616	62	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#337	127	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#738	49	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#338	117	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#691	52	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#364	103	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#693	49	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#361	101	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#580	59	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#370	92	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#562	59	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#395	76	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#607	50	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#500	52	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#569	52	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#599	37	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#631	43	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#577	35	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#685	37	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#786	22	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#689	35	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#817	20	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1557	11	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#869	18	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2407	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1263	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1958	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1257	10	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1646	10	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1458	8	High	Verified
2018	New South Wales, Australia	male	#82	111	Insufficient	Not yet available
2017	New South Wales, Australia	male	#100	91	Insufficient	Not yet available
2014	New South Wales, Australia	male	#96	105	Insufficient	Not yet available
2010	New South Wales, Australia	male	#98	102	Insufficient	Not yet available
2019	New Zealand	male	#94	50	High	Verified
2018	New Zealand	male	#91	54	High	Verified
2017	New Zealand	male	#88	60	High	Verified
2016	New Zealand	male	#94	55	High	Verified
2015	New Zealand	male	#86	63	High	Verified
2014	New Zealand	male	#96	47	High	Verified
2013	New Zealand	male	#83	58	High	Verified
2012	New Zealand	male	#57	86	High	Verified
2011	New Zealand	male	#67	71	High	Verified
2010	New Zealand	male	#73	70	High	Verified
2009	New Zealand	male	#76	67	High	Verified
2008	New Zealand	male	#86	64	High	Verified
2007	New Zealand	male	#88	62	High	Verified
2006	New Zealand	male	#82	68	High	Verified
2005	New Zealand	male	#94	51	High	Verified
2004	New Zealand	male	#88	60	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#404	3	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#395	3	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#285	6	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#350	4	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#374	4	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#397	3	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#270	6	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#424	3	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#365	4	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#263	6	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#318	5	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#253	7	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#315	5	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#387	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#577	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#898	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#430	8	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#727	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#362	10	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#349	12	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#232	21	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#307	14	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	6	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#474	8	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#329	12	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#418	8	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#541	5	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#751	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#421	8	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#479	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#457	7	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#386	9	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#476	6	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#432	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #57, first reached in 2012.

It held a top-100 place in 16 years, 16 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 324 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

2 registrars publish it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2003, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Phuong · #353, 34y
Phyllis · #226, 34y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Abby · #55, 33y
Brayden · #59, 30y
Chase · #59, 29y
River · #59, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Ebony · #56, 32y
Lainey · #56, 29y
Ruairidh · #56, 24y
Abby · #55, 33y

Phoenix was ranked #57 in New Zealand · Boys in 2012. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Phoenix and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Phoenix without appearing here.

Phoenix moved ahead of

Mathias Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1458 and #1337 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #1257 and #2859.
Ingrid Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1557 and #1393 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #689 and #1688.
Pauline Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1557 and #1473 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #689 and #1594.
Helene Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2407 and #1823 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #1557 and #2444.

Moved ahead of Phoenix

Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #721 and #858 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #801 and #284.
Audrey Compare
In 2010 they stood at #616 and #655 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #721 and #468.
Ada Compare
In 2008 they stood at #691 and #699 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #738 and #547.
Mila Compare
In 2008 they stood at #691 and #710 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #738 and #547.

Moved the opposite way to Phoenix

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Phoenix went from #1458 to #231 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Phoenix went from #1646 to #547 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Phoenix went from #1458 to #231 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Phoenix went from #1646 to #547 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.

Moved the same way as Phoenix

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Phoenix went from #1646 to #547 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Phoenix went from #1458 to #231 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Phoenix went from #1458 to #231 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Phoenix went from #1458 to #231 and Alfred from #218 to #81.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #57 in New Zealand in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Phoenix

Phoenix at a glance

What stands out in Phoenix's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Phoenix across 8 official records

Phoenix by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Phoenix appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Phoenix

Phoenix and the names beside it

Phoenix moved ahead of

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Phoenix at a glance

What stands out in Phoenix's record

Phoenix across 8 official records

Phoenix by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Phoenix appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Phoenix

Phoenix and the names beside it

Phoenix moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Phoenix

Moved the opposite way to Phoenix

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