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How popular is the name Alyx?

Births per year, rank history and how many Alyxes are alive today.

Alyx (female), a spelling of Alix, last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2021 (ranked 3961st); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. This spelling of the name peaked in 1997, when 24 babies were given the name, the 897th most popular that year.

Across all spellings of the name, the Alix you are most likely to meet is around 30 years old. Half of all Alixes born in England and Wales are between 24 and 34, and there are at least 1,900 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Alix - on average, only one in every 166 such rooms contains a Alix.

How many babies are named Alyx each year?

Includes all spellings: Alyx, Alix. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

050100200020201996: 1251997: 1091998: 821999: 752000: 982001: 782002: 732003: 622004: 562005: 462006: 332007: 302008: 282009: 302010: 212011: 252012: 112013: 132014: 72015: 82016: 122017: 82018: 82019: 92020: 262021: 122022: 82023: 42024: 92025: 4actual

Where does the Alyx spelling rank?

1101001,00010,000200020201996: ranked 1,0311997: ranked 8971998: ranked 1,8231999: ranked 1,1602000: ranked 8972001: ranked 9922002: ranked 1,4422003: ranked 2,4362004: ranked 2,2782005: ranked 2,2472006: ranked 5,0612007: ranked 4,2942008: ranked 2,4872009: ranked 3,9362010: ranked 5,7072011: ranked 3,5492016: ranked 5,7852020: ranked 2,8432021: ranked 3,961

Where does the Alix spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 3311997: ranked 3771998: ranked 4181999: ranked 4982000: ranked 4222001: ranked 5102002: ranked 5002003: ranked 5562004: ranked 6262005: ranked 7692006: ranked 9582007: ranked 1,1022008: ranked 1,4472009: ranked 1,2092010: ranked 1,5842011: ranked 1,5452012: ranked 2,3382013: ranked 2,0622014: ranked 3,1602015: ranked 2,9452016: ranked 2,7572017: ranked 2,9252018: ranked 2,9012019: ranked 2,6432020: ranked 1,6182021: ranked 3,1922022: ranked 2,8892023: ranked 4,7102024: ranked 2,7722025: ranked 4,867

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Alyx per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 125 in 1996
Alyx: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Alyx most popular?

The most popular form of the name, Alix, peaked in 1996, when 125 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Alyx spelling itself peaked in 1997, with 24 babies.

How many people are called Alyx?

At least 1,900 people named Alyx in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Alyx?

Most living Alyxes are between 24 and 34; the most common age is about 30.

Is Alyx becoming more or less popular?

It has faded from the rankings.






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