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Onyx

Onyx was the #365 boys' name in the US in 2025 (881 babies), and #976 in England & Wales and #741 in Canada.

Onyx as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Onyx as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Onyx as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#365 (881)#976 (31)—#741 (36)
2024#358 (931)#1,000 (30)#727 (3)#600 (45)
2023#307 (1,079)#843 (38)—#644 (41)
2022#352 (937)#1,058 (27)—#524 (53)
2021#404 (768)#1,078 (26)—#450 (65)
2020#612 (447)#1,825 (12)—#595 (43)
2019#744 (323)#1,745 (13)—#995 (22)
2018#857 (257)#3,959 (4)—#938 (24)
2017#1,059 (188)#3,996 (4)—#1,074 (20)
2016#1,116 (175)#2,556 (8)—#1,069 (20)
2015#1,416 (121)#3,908 (4)—#1,071 (19)
2014#1,670 (92)#3,895 (4)—#1,381 (13)
2013#1,827 (78)#4,685 (3)——
2012#1,818 (81)#3,416 (5)—#1,334 (14)
2011#2,261 (57)——#2,629 (5)

Onyx as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Onyx as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Onyx as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,406 (155)#3,705 (6)—
2024#1,242 (187)—#2,975 (6)
2023#1,226 (192)#3,219 (7)#2,604 (7)
2022#1,350 (173)#3,971 (5)#2,315 (8)
2021#1,301 (174)#3,519 (6)#2,616 (7)
2020#1,743 (115)—#2,591 (7)
2019#2,011 (95)#5,591 (3)#3,266 (5)
2018#2,361 (77)#4,684 (4)#2,587 (7)
2017#2,530 (70)——
2016#2,902 (58)#5,785 (3)#2,383 (8)
2015#3,915 (38)—#2,891 (6)
2014#3,486 (45)——
2013#4,336 (33)—#3,286 (5)
2012#4,601 (31)——
2011#6,855 (18)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #307.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1990.
  • In 2025, 15% of US babies named Onyx were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,900 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,900uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,400uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 10,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 42,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Onyx is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,700 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,300 to 1 in 2,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Onyx by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #300WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #230NHWashington: #425WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #226NDMinnesota: #357MNIllinois: #400ILMichigan: #280MINew York: #463NYMassachusetts: #413MAOregon: #247ORNevada: #187NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #379IAIndiana: #283INOhio: #239OHPennsylvania: #526PANew Jersey: #915NJConnecticut: #440CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #465CAUtah: #441UTColorado: #346CONebraska: #335NEMissouri: #272MOKentucky: #333KYWest Virginia: #254WVVirginia: #251VAMaryland: #257MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #559AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #386KSArkansas: #398ARTennessee: #388TNNorth Carolina: #348NCSouth Carolina: #233SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #328OKLouisiana: #293LAMississippi: #471MSAlabama: #685ALGeorgia: #258GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #510TXFlorida: #348FL
Onyx (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#6236
Ontario2024#67617

Onyx (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
OnyxCanadaGirls—too few
OnyxCanadaBoys#74136
OnyxEngland & WalesGirls#3,7056
OnyxEngland & WalesBoys#97631
OnyxNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
OnyxScotlandBoys—too few
OnyxUSGirls#1,406155
OnyxUSBoys#365881