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How popular is the name Nyx?
Births per year, rank history and how many Nyxes are alive today.
Nyx (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 5927th in 2025 and given to 3 babies. The name peaked in 2021, when 8 babies were given the name, the 2942nd most popular that year. It has declined since 2021; the 2025 figure is roughly 38% of its peak.
The Nyx you are most likely to meet is around 6 years old. Half of all Nyxes born in England and Wales are between 4 and 13, and there are at least 66 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 Nyx - on average, only one in every 4,773 such rooms contains a Nyx.
How many babies are named Nyx each year?
Where does Nyx rank among girls' names?
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.
Common questions
When was the name Nyx most popular?
Nyx peaked in 2021, when 8 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Nyx?
At least 66 people named Nyx born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Nyx?
Most living Nyxes are between 4 and 13; the most common age is about 6.
Is Nyx becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2021 peak.