Phoenix

Boy · recorded 1968–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 1.8 to 1)

  • #329in 2025
  • 1 in 1,663boys in 2025
  • −1%last ten years
  • 2.5×in West Virginia

Most popular in 2020.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1968

044588919681982199720112025

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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 42 recorded years as a table
Phoenix, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19683
19753
19793
19843
19885
19898
199012
199113
199217
199322
199463
199570
199661
199779
199883
199985
200092
2001155
2002165
2003201
2004211
2005264
2006328
2007335
2008365
2009416
2010399
2011385
2012419
2013418
2014476
2015607
2016652
2017729
2018802
2019793
2020889
2021827
2022769
2023736
2024717
2025601

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

  1. West Virginia 2.5×
  2. Oklahoma 2.4×
  3. New Mexico 2.1×
  4. Arkansas 2.0×
  5. Kentucky 1.9×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
1,027
Rank in 2025
#329
How rare
1 in 1,663 boys
Since 1968
24,571

Most popular in 2020, at 889 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 1% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
West Virginia2.5×33
Oklahoma2.4×86
New Mexico2.1×28
Arkansas2.0×51
Kentucky1.9×78

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