boys:
718 births since 2002
#3869 (16th percentile)
overall:
718 births since 2002
#7021 (9th percentile)
The name Calix is the #7,021 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 718 recorded births since 2002. This represents the 9.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 9.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,869 (15.6% percentile) for all time with 718 births since 2002.
Calix first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2002 (first recorded for boys in 2002).
For boys, Calix reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 6.2% percentile (ranked #867) with 33 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 33 births per million (ranked 6.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Calix ranks #869 for boys (4.6% percentile) with 26 births per million, which is 77.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Calix".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Calix. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 38.0% confident that Calix is pronounced as KA-lihks, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAY-lihks, at 30.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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