girls:
45 births since 1997
#5671 (1st percentile)
boys:
152 births since 2007
#4434 (3rd percentile)
overall:
197 births since 1997
#7542 (3rd percentile)
The name Calyx is the #7,542 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 197 recorded births since 1997. This represents the 2.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,434 (3.3% percentile) for all time with 152 births since 2007. For girls, it ranks #5,671 (0.8% percentile) for all time with 45 births since 1997.
Calyx first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1997 (1997 for girls and 2007 for boys). Birth data for Calyx is available in 17 out of the 27 years between 1997 and 2023 (13 years for boys and 8 years for girls). 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 Calyx has been given predominantly to boys, with 77.2% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Calyx were boys. Interestingly, until around 2007, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1997 to 2006), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (86.9% boys from 2007 to 2023).
For boys, Calyx reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #909) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). Despite a peak around 2014, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Calyx ranks #898 for boys (1.4% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 92.1% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Calyx reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #964) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Calyx".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Calyx. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 53.7% confident that Calyx is pronounced as KA-lihks, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAY-lihks, at 39.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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