Alyx*
#5,444 most common girls' name of all time · #9,226 across all names · 12% male / 88% female · used 1978–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#5,444
Rank overall
#9,226 of 105,966
First appeared
1978
Years on the list
46 of 146
All-time
1,477
Since 2016
258
Peak year
1993 #1,853
Best rank
#1,853 1993
Girls
Boys
peak 84/yr
Alyx first appears in 1978. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #11,226 |
| 2024 | 14 | 6 | 20 | #7,724 |
| 2023 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,795 |
| 2022 | 17 | 8 | 25 | #6,816 |
| 2021 | 22 | 5 | 27 | #5,635 |
| 2020 | 31 | 11 | 42 | #4,402 |
| 2019 | 24 | 8 | 32 | #5,370 |
| 2018 | 28 | 7 | 35 | #4,812 |
| 2017 | 21 | 6 | 27 | #5,907 |
| 2016 | 23 | — | 23 | #5,698 |
| 2015 | 28 | — | 28 | #4,908 |
| 2014 | 22 | 6 | 28 | #5,884 |
| 2013 | 23 | — | 23 | #5,729 |
| 2012 | 25 | 6 | 31 | #5,466 |
| 2011 | 30 | — | 30 | #4,738 |
| 2010 | 28 | 5 | 33 | #5,049 |
| 2009 | 36 | — | 36 | #4,233 |
| 2008 | 30 | 8 | 38 | #4,943 |
| 2007 | 31 | 8 | 39 | #4,743 |
| 2006 | 37 | 5 | 42 | #4,034 |
| 2005 | 25 | 5 | 30 | #5,188 |
| 2004 | 27 | 10 | 37 | #4,886 |
| 2003 | 25 | — | 25 | #5,023 |
| 2002 | 29 | — | 29 | #4,357 |
| 2001 | 32 | 10 | 42 | #3,997 |
| 2000 | 31 | 6 | 37 | #4,045 |
| 1999 | 34 | — | 34 | #3,616 |
| 1998 | 41 | 7 | 48 | #3,104 |
| 1997 | 52 | 9 | 61 | #2,503 |
| 1996 | 55 | 8 | 63 | #2,392 |
| 1995 | 64 | 8 | 72 | #2,119 |
| 1994 | 45 | 9 | 54 | #2,740 |
| 1993 | 78 | 6 | 84 | #1,853 |
| 1992 | 45 | 5 | 50 | #2,726 |
| 1991 | 49 | — | 49 | #2,548 |
| 1990 | 33 | — | 33 | #3,353 |
| 1989 | 32 | 5 | 37 | #3,321 |
| 1988 | 29 | — | 29 | #3,381 |
| 1987 | 22 | — | 22 | #3,965 |
| 1986 | 16 | — | 16 | #4,927 |
| 1985 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,264 |
| 1984 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,737 |
| 1983 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,947 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,742 |
| 1981 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,699 |
| 1978 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,478 |