girls:
1.3k births since 1978
#4449 (22nd percentile)
boys:
171 births since 1989
#4415 (4th percentile)
overall:
1.4k births since 1978
#6301 (19th percentile)
The name Alyx is the #6,301 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,444 recorded births since 1978. This represents the 18.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 18.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,449 (22.1% percentile) for all time with 1,273 births since 1978. For boys, it ranks #4,415 (3.7% percentile) for all time with 171 births since 1989.
Alyx first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1978 (1978 for girls and 1989 for boys). Birth data for Alyx is available in 44 out of the 46 years between 1978 and 2023 (44 years for girls and 24 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 Alyx has been given predominantly to girls, with 88.2% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Alyx were girls.
For girls, Alyx reached its peak popularity in 1993, achieving the 8.4% percentile (ranked #792) with 40 births per million. The name was most common in 1993, with 40 births per million (ranked 8.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Alyx ranks #938 for girls (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 20.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Alyx reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #895) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Alyx".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Alyx. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 64.9% confident that Alyx is pronounced as A-lihks, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is A-luhks, at 16.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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