Nyx

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Peak · girls
#2,228
2022 · 84 births
Debut · girls
2008
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
535
since 2008

Nyx over time

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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#2,56468#3,94927
2024#2,69464#4,07226
2023#2,67465#4,22025
2022#2,22884#4,18425
2021#2,78461#8,8258
2020#3,73539#8,7398
2019#4,16234#10,8036
2018#5,45423#9,6707
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First appearance
2008

The first year at least five girls were named Nyx! It came in at #17,504, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 2008–2010, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Nyx is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedNHWashington: #1,046 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,772 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #1,231 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,781 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #3,095 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 32,345 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Nyx, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Washington#1,046 · 1 in 5,772
  2. Pennsylvania#1,231 · 1 in 7,781
  3. California#3,095 · 1 in 32,345

Best ever in a state: #1,046 in Washington, 2025.

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Washington#1,04651 in 5,772
Pennsylvania#1,23161 in 7,781
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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 Nyx
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 130 spots since 2024 (#2,694 → #2,564)
  • 1,171 spots since 2020 (#3,735 → #2,564)
  • 4,702 spots since 2015 (#7,266 → #2,564)
Rise & fade · girls
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 2008
  • Peaked 2022 at #2,228 (84 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 19,525
  • Highest: 1 in 19,525 girls born in 2022 were named Nyx (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 23,636 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
  • 71.2% of all girls named Nyx (381) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2013
  • Mostly boys until 2012, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
2000s10#17,294 (2009)#17,399
2010s144#4,162 (2019)#7,292
2020s381#2,228 (2022)#2,780

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.

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