Name meaning & stats
Phoenix
Phoenix means “dark red; the mythical bird”. 40,635 US babies since 1940, peak 2020.
What it means
“dark red; the mythical bird”
Well documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2020
40,635 US babies were named Phoenix between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Phoenix (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Name twins (peaked around 2020)