Onyx**
#1,282 most common boys' name of all time · #3,072 across all names · 79% male / 21% female · used 1918–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#1,282
Rank overall
#3,072 of 105,966
First appeared
1918
Years on the list
39 of 146
All-time
8,632
Since 2016
7,282
Peak year
2023 #307
Best rank
#307 2023
Girls
Boys
peak 1,271/yr
Onyx first appears in 1918. 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 | 155 | 881 | 1,036 | #365 |
| 2024 | 187 | 931 | 1,118 | #358 |
| 2023 | 192 | 1,079 | 1,271 | #307 |
| 2022 | 173 | 937 | 1,110 | #352 |
| 2021 | 174 | 768 | 942 | #405 |
| 2020 | 115 | 447 | 562 | #612 |
| 2019 | 95 | 323 | 418 | #744 |
| 2018 | 77 | 257 | 334 | #859 |
| 2017 | 70 | 188 | 258 | #1,060 |
| 2016 | 58 | 175 | 233 | #1,118 |
| 2015 | 38 | 121 | 159 | #1,420 |
| 2014 | 45 | 92 | 137 | #1,672 |
| 2013 | 33 | 78 | 111 | #1,837 |
| 2012 | 31 | 81 | 112 | #1,822 |
| 2011 | 18 | 57 | 75 | #2,267 |
| 2010 | 22 | 59 | 81 | #2,219 |
| 2009 | 24 | 60 | 84 | #2,209 |
| 2008 | 11 | 41 | 52 | #2,888 |
| 2007 | 25 | 31 | 56 | #3,461 |
| 2006 | 19 | 29 | 48 | #3,535 |
| 2005 | 12 | 20 | 32 | #4,349 |
| 2004 | 10 | 26 | 36 | #3,560 |
| 2003 | 12 | 17 | 29 | #4,657 |
| 2002 | 15 | 20 | 35 | #4,076 |
| 2001 | 18 | 15 | 33 | #4,943 |
| 2000 | 12 | 21 | 33 | #3,800 |
| 1999 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #7,260 |
| 1998 | 19 | 12 | 31 | #5,220 |
| 1997 | 12 | 17 | 29 | #3,922 |
| 1996 | 14 | 13 | 27 | #4,673 |
| 1995 | 14 | 10 | 24 | #5,590 |
| 1994 | 16 | 9 | 25 | #5,967 |
| 1993 | 16 | 14 | 30 | #4,277 |
| 1992 | 11 | 6 | 17 | #7,617 |
| 1991 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1990 | 9 | 6 | 15 | #7,347 |
| 1989 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1985 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1918 | 5 | — | 5 | — |