Unisex name · since 2004
Phynix
158 babies named Phynix in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,265 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 158
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Phynix is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 158 have been recorded since 2004.
Phynix has 158 recorded births among girls since 2004, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2024.
- #22,265 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 158 born since 2004
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Phynix ranks #22,265 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 158 born since 2004, peaking in the 2010s.
- #22,265 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 158
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Phynix's 158 recorded births place it above 69.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Phynix's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Phynix's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2007, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2011 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Phynix popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2024
- Peak year (2011)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Phynix popularity over time - boys
53 total births recorded since 2004 (Phynix as boys' name)
Phynix by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (78 births, 49% of the file).
2010s was Phynix's strongest decade.
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Phynix births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
35 births
- 2010s
2010s
78 births
- 2020s
2020s
45 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 78 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Phynix's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (78 total births) through the 2020s (45) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Phynix: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~20 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2004–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Phynix draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.