Alix
#5,238 for girls in 2025, 24 births · #7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
Given to girls 78.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1993 · 163 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,584since 1934
Alix over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,238 | 24 | #7,194 | 11 |
| 2024 | #4,560 | 30 | #7,765 | 10 |
| 2023 | #5,126 | 25 | #5,075 | 19 |
| 2022 | #4,907 | 27 | #8,990 | 8 |
| 2021 | #4,833 | 27 | #6,032 | 14 |
| 2020 | #5,667 | 21 | #7,034 | 11 |
| 2019 | #4,437 | 31 | #7,173 | 11 |
| 2018 | #4,768 | 28 | #7,617 | 10 |
| 2017 | #4,811 | 28 | #6,685 | 12 |
| 2016 | #4,990 | 27 | #5,124 | 18 |
| 2015 | #3,989 | 37 | #7,491 | 10 |
| 2014 | #4,455 | 32 | #5,066 | 18 |
| 2013 | #3,849 | 39 | #8,118 | 9 |
| 2012 | #5,557 | 24 | #5,256 | 17 |
| 2011 | #3,916 | 38 | #5,200 | 17 |
| 2010 | #4,023 | 37 | #5,741 | 15 |
| 2009 | #4,482 | 33 | #4,748 | 20 |
| 2008 | #3,267 | 51 | #5,487 | 16 |
| 2007 | #3,289 | 51 | #4,640 | 20 |
| 2006 | #3,176 | 52 | #5,072 | 17 |
| 2005 | #2,756 | 60 | #5,278 | 15 |
| 2004 | #2,589 | 64 | #3,860 | 23 |
| 2003 | #2,260 | 75 | #3,976 | 21 |
| 2002 | #2,854 | 52 | #3,909 | 21 |
| 2001 | #2,304 | 69 | #4,302 | 18 |
| 2000 | #1,985 | 84 | #2,993 | 29 |
| 1999 | #1,828 | 87 | #3,182 | 25 |
| 1998 | #1,845 | 83 | #3,092 | 25 |
| 1997 | #1,552 | 104 | #2,546 | 31 |
| 1996 | #1,539 | 103 | #2,679 | 28 |
| 1995 | #1,279 | 131 | #2,055 | 40 |
| 1994 | #1,285 | 132 | #2,766 | 26 |
| 1993 | #1,104 | 163 | #1,907 | 43 |
| 1992 | #1,164 | 151 | #2,253 | 33 |
| 1991 | #1,117 | 159 | #3,105 | 20 |
| 1990 | #1,325 | 122 | #2,432 | 28 |
| 1989 | #1,123 | 147 | #2,784 | 22 |
| 1988 | #1,327 | 108 | #2,682 | 21 |
| 1987 | #1,371 | 99 | #2,272 | 25 |
| 1986 | #1,588 | 75 | #3,131 | 15 |
| 1985 | #2,545 | 38 | #2,942 | 16 |
| 1984 | #1,961 | 52 | #3,270 | 13 |
| 1983 | #2,975 | 28 | #3,411 | 12 |
| 1982 | #3,647 | 22 | #3,966 | 10 |
| 1981 | #3,859 | 20 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #3,411 | 24 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #4,626 | 15 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #4,079 | 17 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #3,812 | 17 | #2,946 | 13 |
| 1975 | #3,259 | 21 | #3,659 | 9 |
| 1974 | #3,212 | 21 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #2,629 | 27 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #3,894 | 15 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1971 | #4,123 | 14 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #3,577 | 17 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #3,774 | 14 | #3,314 | 8 |
| 1968 | #3,057 | 18 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | #3,400 | 14 | #2,784 | 9 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #3,515 | 14 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 | — | |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,820 | 19 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,760 | 18 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #2,506 | 21 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,651 | 19 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,453 | 21 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,472 | 20 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,779 | 16 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,106 | 13 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,577 | 16 | — | |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,620 | 15 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,008 | 23 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,200 | 20 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,228 | 18 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,458 | 13 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,967 | 19 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,751 | 24 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,860 | 21 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,668 | 11 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,447 | 12 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | — | |
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| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Alix! It came in at #3,449, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1935–1936, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Alix is popular in 1987
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Pennsylvania#732 · 1 in 7,691
- New York#914 · 1 in 8,605
- Michigan#981 · 1 in 11,594
- Illinois#1,133 · 1 in 12,097
- California#1,415 · 1 in 16,547
Best ever in a state: #309 in Utah, 1991.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | #732 | 9 | 1 in 7,691 |
| New York | #914 | 13 | 1 in 8,605 |
| Michigan | #981 | 5 | 1 in 11,594 |
| Illinois | #1,133 | 6 | 1 in 12,097 |
| California | #1,415 | 13 | 1 in 16,547 |
| Texas | #1,676 | 6 | 1 in 21,478 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Alix
- 678 spots since 2024 (#4,560 → #5,238)
- 429 spots since 2020 (#5,667 → #5,238)
- 1,249 spots since 2015 (#3,989 → #5,238)
- Debuted 1934
- Peaked 1993 at #1,104 (163 births)
- Births halved by 2001, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 11,099 girls born in 1993 were named Alix (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 66,969 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 34.5% of all girls named Alix (1,235) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1933, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 34 | #2,447 (1938) | #3,155 |
| 1940s | 175 | #1,751 (1943) | #2,233 |
| 1950s | 160 | #2,453 (1956) | #2,942 |
| 1960s | 128 | #2,820 (1960) | #3,828 |
| 1970s | 173 | #2,629 (1973) | #3,955 |
| 1980s | 613 | #1,123 (1989) | #2,381 |
| 1990s | 1,235 | #1,104 (1993) | #1,404 |
| 2000s | 591 | #1,985 (2000) | #2,896 |
| 2010s | 321 | #3,849 (2013) | #4,480 |
| 2020s | 154 | #4,560 (2024) | #5,055 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Alix in 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
Top boys' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 17,562 of them was named Alix, which outranked 89.7% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,363Raina100
- #1,363Rosie100
- #1,363Shanon100
- #1,371Alix99
- #1,371Aida99
- #1,371Anika99
- #1,371Dallas99
- #1,381Calli98
- #1,381Cinthia98
- #1,381Corie98
Tied with 9 names at #1,371; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 74,679 of them was named Alix, which outranked 72.1% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,215Vinh26
- #2,215Wilton26
- #2,215Woody26
- #2,272Alix25
- #2,272An25
- #2,272Anastacio25
- #2,272April25
- #2,333Adil24
- #2,333Aharon24
- #2,333Alek24
Tied with 60 names at #2,272; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.