[name_m]Felix[/name_m] is now at the top of our list for this baby and I adore it; my only concern is its rising popularity, especially here in Australia.
Could you let me know how many people you know named [name_m]Felix[/name_m] and where you’re from? I’m interested in hearing from people all over, but especially Australians.
It’s in the top 100 here (72) and I can just imagine it rising, but I’m just hoping it doesn’t get too popular. Where does it rank in [name_f]England[/name_f]? I know it’s in the top 100 there too, but not in the US.
In the US. I’ve been on the lookout ever since using it as a middle. Had never met one before but I have met 2 (under age 8) since, and another who used it as a middle. Its popularity is my least favorite thing about the name.
Also in Australia … I’ve only ever known one [name_m]Felix[/name_m]. He’d be about 20 now. I was just musing on [name_m]Felix[/name_m] myself yesterday and how much I love it!
I’m from the states and I know two [name_m]Felix[/name_m]’s. One was my godmothers cat and the other is a friend of a friend of a friend. In other words, it’s not at all common.
I love [name_m]Felix[/name_m] It’s been bobbing along at the bottom of the Top 100 here in the UK for a while now; it doesn’t look set to have a big boom, I don’t think. It’s still a little too divisive — lots who love its spiky, cool-classic sound, but also plenty of cat comments.
I personally know one 5-year-old [name_m]Felix[/name_m], living in the US, as well as a Polish [name_m]Feliks[/name_m]. I’ve heard of a handful of others here in the UK, of various ages, but come to think of it I don’t think I’ve actually ever met another [name_m]Felix[/name_m] here.
Felix is number 43 here in Nz! I only know of one 3 year old called [name_m]Felix[/name_m].
A good way to to decide it popularity bothers you (I found) is looking at the numbers. For example there were 89 Felixs born in NZ last year, out of 58,500 births.
Edit: I looked up Australia stats. 332 Felixs, aprox 300,000 births!
I don’t think I’m going to let concerns about popularity stop me ultimately. I did that with [name_f]Matilda[/name_f] when naming my daughter and now I seem not to hear it much, yet my daughter has a little girl with her name in her daycare class! I wouldn’t change her name for anything but seeing the difference between stats and real life (and the popularity of certain names in certain areas) taught me a lesson. You can never really pick it and either way, [name_m]Felix[/name_m] isn’t (and never will be) an [name_u]Oliver[/name_u] or [name_m]Henry[/name_m]. As @katinka said, it’s a little too divisive.
I see it occasionally at work (I’m a teacher) but it’s not overwhelmingly popular at all. And I’ve come across one in the playground over the last year and a half amongst the endless Hugos and Oscars (both of which I love but gosh they’re popular!).
I’m in the Midwest U.S, so maybe this information isn’t as interesting. But I have heard [name_m]Felix[/name_m] a handful of times on little tykes in the past couple of years. More than you’d think. It’s only 222 on the U.S. popularity charts. Has been very slowly but steadily rising the past 20 years.
I’m in regional NSW and I’ve only ever heard of one [name_m]Felix[/name_m] (I’ve never met one). I wouldn’t call it a popular name at all, and am genuinely surprised it’s ranked so high.
I’m in the US, and I’ve met one baby (he’d probably be around 3 now) named [name_m]Felix[/name_m]. It was definitely notable when I heard it on him! I’ve only ever heard it on older men (70+) other than that, and even then, not very often.
I adore [name_m]Felix[/name_m]. So incredibly handsome.
There is a boy named [name_m]Felix[/name_m] at our school in Kindergarten this year, and he’s the only one I’ve ever met in Northeastern U.S.
I’ve met two in Mexico: my husband’s 80+ year old grandfather, and my husband’s 20 year old brother named after the grandfather but goes by his middle name.
It’s been bobbing along at the bottom of the Top 100 here in the UK for a while now; it doesn’t look set to have a big boom, I don’t think. It’s still a little too divisive — lots who love its spiky, cool-classic sound, but also plenty of cat comments.
