Nyx**
#9,126 most common girls' name of all time · #15,226 across all names · 21% male / 79% female · used 2008–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#9,126
Rank overall
#15,226 of 105,966
First appeared
2008
Years on the list
17 of 146
All-time
673
Since 2016
598
Peak year
2022 #2,251
Best rank
#2,251 2022
Girls
Boys
peak 109/yr
Nyx first appears in 2008. 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 | 68 | 27 | 95 | #2,581 |
| 2024 | 64 | 26 | 90 | #2,717 |
| 2023 | 65 | 25 | 90 | #2,702 |
| 2022 | 84 | 25 | 109 | #2,251 |
| 2021 | 61 | 8 | 69 | #2,816 |
| 2020 | 39 | 8 | 47 | #3,774 |
| 2019 | 34 | 6 | 40 | #4,254 |
| 2018 | 23 | 7 | 30 | #5,607 |
| 2017 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,410 |
| 2016 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,350 |
| 2015 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,586 |
| 2014 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,465 |
| 2013 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,457 |
| 2012 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 2011 | 9 | — | 9 | #12,082 |
| 2009 | 5 | — | 5 | #19,685 |
| 2008 | 5 | — | 5 | #20,329 |