girls:
3.5k births since 1934
#2907 (49th percentile)
boys:
967 births since 1930
#3625 (21st percentile)
overall:
4.5k births since 1930
#4075 (47th percentile)
The name Alix is the #4,075 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,495 recorded births since 1930. This represents the 47.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 47.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,907 (49.1% percentile) for all time with 3,528 births since 1934. For boys, it ranks #3,625 (20.9% percentile) for all time with 967 births since 1930.
Alix first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1930 (1930 for boys and 1934 for girls). Birth data for Alix is available in 89 out of the 94 years between 1930 and 2023 (88 years for girls and 62 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Alix has been given predominantly to girls, with 78.5% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 56.8% of babies named Alix were girls. Interestingly, until around 1934, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1930 to 1933), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (78.6% girls from 1934 to 2023).
For girls, Alix reached its peak popularity in 1993, achieving the 18.3% percentile (ranked #707) with 83 births per million. The name was most common in 1993, with 83 births per million (ranked 18.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Alix ranks #927 for girls (2.1% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 17.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Alix reached its peak popularity in 1993, achieving the 4.9% percentile (ranked #731) with 21 births per million. The name was most common in 1993, with 21 births per million (ranked 4.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Alix ranks #897 for boys (1.5% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 49.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Alix".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Alix. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 66.7% confident that Alix is pronounced as A-lihks, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-LIHKS, at 16.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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