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Alyx

#10,978 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Variant of Alex

Alyx has been given to 1,477 babies in the U.S. since 1978. In 2025 it ranked #10,978 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1993, with 78 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 88% girls, 12% boys all-time.

Babies named Alyx, 2025

1 in 414,000

Alyx over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Alyx over time

In 2025, Alyx went to 62% girls and 38% boys.

19782025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Alyx: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Alex

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Alyx means

Alyx is a variant of Alex.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Alyx → Alex → Ἀλέξανδρος. The family’s proposed meaning is “to repel”, recorded in Ancient Greek with the source elements ăléxō.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Alex.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,295 girls were recorded with the name Alyx between 1978 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 78 in 1993; its best national rank was #1,837 in 1993.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,361 in 2020 to #10,978 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,861 in 2015 to #10,978 in 2025.

In the United States, 182 boys were recorded with the name Alyx between 1989 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2020; its best national rank was #5,878 in 1994.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #7,052 in 2020 to #12,108 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Alyx?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 414,000
8 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 201,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#10,978
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
287,238 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Alyx sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Alyx. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Alyxs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Alyx was born before 2000 — so the typical Alyx is around 25 today.

Median birth year
2000
About 25 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
38.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
48.6%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,295
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 38.3% of all recorded uses (496).

Is Alyx rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−3,366
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−6,617
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−6,117
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.29×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
10.3%
Peak was 1993 (78)
Years since peak
32
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
19.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,837
1993

Spellings of Alyx

Alyx is not the most common spelling — Amy is, with 53.8% against Alyx's 0.10%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Alyx is used

Across 1910–2025, Alyx was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 455,133 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3Iowa1 in —
  4. 4Illinois1 in —
  5. 5New York1 in —
  6. 6Texas1 in —
  7. 7Utah1 in —
  8. 8Washington1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Alyx has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Alyx around the world

Where Alyx ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2021
    #3,961
    in 2021
  • Scotland
    1992–2015
    #806
    in 2015
  • Ireland
    2004–2004
    #677
    in 2004
  • France
    1995–2025
    #1,623
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2020
    #2,164
    in 2020
  • South Australia
    1988–2009
    #818
    in 2009

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Alyx by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#10,978
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 6,617
Best rank ever
#1,837
1993
Peak year
1993
78 that year
First recorded
1978
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,295
Count in 2025
8

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#12,108
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 5,056
Best rank ever
#5,878
1994
Peak year
2020
11 that year
First recorded
1989
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
182
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Alyx

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Alyx

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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