Felix

Meaning: Happy, lucky, or fruitful
Origin: Latin

Boy's name · #175 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Felix is climbing: on the charts since 1880, it is ranked #175 in 2025, with about 2,100 boys given the name last year. Roughly 84,000 have carried it all-time. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

See where Felix is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

Felix is especially popular in Finland (Swedish-sp.) and Austria.

#5 in Finland (Swedish-sp.) (2025) · #6 in Austria (2025) · #22 in Denmark (2025) · #29 in Belgium (2025) · #31 in New Zealand (2025) · #40 in Norway (2025) · #46 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #47 in Switzerland (2025) · #59 in England & Wales (2025) · #60 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #84 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #87 in Hungary (2025) and 11 more.

Famous Felixes

Felix Mendelssohn — German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of Jewish descent (1809–1847)
Felix Bloch — Swiss physicist (1905–1983)
Felix Dzerzhinsky — Bolshevik revolutionary and founder of the first Soviet secret police organs (1877–1926)
Felix IV — Pope and bishop of Rome from 526 to 530
Felix I — Pope and bishop of Rome from 269 to 274

In stories & tradition

Felix the Cat — Feline Follies (film)
Felix Leiter — Casino Royale (book)
Felix Faust — Justice League of America (comics)

What Felixes become

Among 6,719 notable people named Felix:

Medical professionals appear 2.29× more often than among typical names — e.g. Felix von Luschan, Austrian doctor and archaeologist (1854–1924).

Similar names: Charlie · Felipe · Louis · Julius · Nicolas · Emilio

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