Meaning and history
From a Latin Roman cognomen meaning “lucky” or “successful,” Félix was taken as an agnomen by the 1st-century BC Roman general Sulla and appears in the New Testament as the name of the governor of Judea who imprisoned Saint Paul. Its favorable meaning made it popular among early Christians, and it was borne by many early saints and four popes. The name has been used in England since the Middle Ages but has been more common in continental Europe; a notable bearer was the German composer Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847).
20062006: 760 births, rank #395
2007: 810 births, rank #379
2008: 890 births, rank #353
2009: 927 births, rank #339
2010: 951 births, rank #329
20112011: 1,035 births, rank #310
2012: 1,039 births, rank #315
2013: 1,180 births, rank #297
2014: 1,379 births, rank #267
2015: 1,377 births, rank #264
20162016: 1,511 births, rank #247
2017: 1,513 births, rank #246
2018: 1,657 births, rank #228
2019: 1,693 births, rank #222
2020: 1,668 births, rank #225
20212021: 1,959 births, rank #194
2022: 1,974 births, rank #193
2023: 1,899 births, rank #193
2024: 2,090 births, rank #179
20252025: 2,064 births, rank #175
Felix rose from #179 to #175 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2024, with 2,090 births.