Onyx
- #1,406 for girls in 2025, 155 births
- #365 for boys in 2025, 881 births
- Given to boys 79.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2023 · 1,079 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,849since 1990
Onyx over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it. Not on the chart: 5 girls in 1918 (see the data table).
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,406 | 155 | #365 | 881 |
| 2024 | #1,242 | 187 | #358 | 931 |
| 2023 | #1,226 | 192 | #307 | 1,079 |
| 2022 | #1,350 | 173 | #352 | 937 |
| 2021 | #1,301 | 174 | #404 | 768 |
| 2020 | #1,743 | 115 | #612 | 447 |
| 2019 | #2,011 | 95 | #744 | 323 |
| 2018 | #2,361 | 77 | #857 | 257 |
| 2017 | #2,530 | 70 | #1,059 | 188 |
| 2016 | #2,902 | 58 | #1,116 | 175 |
| 2015 | #3,915 | 38 | #1,416 | 121 |
| 2014 | #3,486 | 45 | #1,670 | 92 |
| 2013 | #4,336 | 33 | #1,827 | 78 |
| 2012 | #4,601 | 31 | #1,818 | 81 |
| 2011 | #6,855 | 18 | #2,261 | 57 |
| 2010 | #5,977 | 22 | #2,212 | 59 |
| 2009 | #5,709 | 24 | #2,203 | 60 |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 | #2,879 | 41 |
| 2007 | #5,526 | 25 | #3,444 | 31 |
| 2006 | #6,592 | 19 | #3,524 | 29 |
| 2005 | #8,883 | 12 | #4,326 | 20 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | #3,534 | 26 |
| 2003 | #8,505 | 12 | #4,616 | 17 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 | #4,044 | 20 |
| 2001 | #6,067 | 18 | #4,890 | 15 |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 | #3,764 | 21 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | #7,139 | 8 |
| 1998 | #5,363 | 19 | #5,159 | 12 |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 | #3,877 | 17 |
| 1996 | #6,392 | 14 | #4,613 | 13 |
| 1995 | #6,257 | 14 | #5,501 | 10 |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 | #5,868 | 9 |
| 1993 | #5,673 | 16 | #4,227 | 14 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | — | |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | — | |
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First appearance
1990
The first year at least five boys were named Onyx! It came in at #7,178, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1991, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Onyx is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Nevada#187 · 1 in 706
- North Dakota#226 · 1 in 671
- New Hampshire#230 · 1 in 901
- South Carolina#233 · 1 in 883
- Ohio#239 · 1 in 1,010
Best ever in a state: #144 in North Dakota, 2022.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada | #187 | 16 | 1 in 706 |
| North Dakota | #226 | 5 | 1 in 671 |
| New Hampshire | #230 | 5 | 1 in 901 |
| South Carolina | #233 | 24 | 1 in 883 |
| Ohio | #239 | 52 | 1 in 1,010 |
| Oregon | #247 | 17 | 1 in 886 |
| Virginia | #251 | 34 | 1 in 1,096 |
| West Virginia | #254 | 7 | 1 in 880 |
| Maryland | #257 | 21 | 1 in 1,090 |
| Georgia | #258 | 48 | 1 in 1,046 |
| Missouri | #272 | 25 | 1 in 1,112 |
| Michigan | #280 | 35 | 1 in 1,148 |
| Indiana | #283 | 28 | 1 in 1,131 |
| Louisiana | #293 | 17 | 1 in 1,125 |
| Wisconsin | #300 | 19 | 1 in 1,233 |
| Oklahoma | #328 | 14 | 1 in 1,263 |
| Kentucky | #333 | 15 | 1 in 1,369 |
| Nebraska | #335 | 7 | 1 in 1,260 |
| Colorado | #346 | 18 | 1 in 1,492 |
| Florida | #348 | 56 | 1 in 1,706 |
| North Carolina | #348 | 33 | 1 in 1,560 |
| Minnesota | #357 | 16 | 1 in 1,531 |
| Iowa | #379 | 9 | 1 in 1,537 |
| Kansas | #386 | 9 | 1 in 1,561 |
| Tennessee | #388 | 21 | 1 in 1,751 |
| Arkansas | #398 | 8 | 1 in 1,573 |
| Illinois | #400 | 27 | 1 in 1,835 |
| Massachusetts | #413 | 12 | 1 in 2,252 |
| Washington | #425 | 17 | 1 in 1,929 |
| Connecticut | #440 | 6 | 1 in 2,201 |
| Utah | #441 | 10 | 1 in 1,966 |
| New York | #463 | 36 | 1 in 2,345 |
| California | #465 | 68 | 1 in 2,581 |
| Mississippi | #471 | 6 | 1 in 1,806 |
| Texas | #510 | 66 | 1 in 2,652 |
| Pennsylvania | #526 | 18 | 1 in 2,903 |
| Arizona | #559 | 12 | 1 in 2,727 |
| Alabama | #685 | 6 | 1 in 3,586 |
| New Jersey | #915 | 6 | 1 in 6,628 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Onyx
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 7 spots since 2024 (#358 → #365)
- 247 spots since 2020 (#612 → #365)
- Biggest jump: 208 spots in 2021
- Biggest drop: 51 spots in 2024
Rise & fade · boys
33 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1990
- Peaked 2023 at #307 (1,079 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 8 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 2018–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,585
- Highest: 1 in 1,585 boys born in 2023 were named Onyx (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,939 boys born in 2025 (0.05%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 73.6% of all boys named Onyx (5,043) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2002
- Mostly girls until 2001, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 95 | #3,877 (1997) | #5,665 |
| 2000s | 280 | #2,203 (2009) | #3,722 |
| 2010s | 1,431 | #744 (2019) | #1,498 |
| 2020s | 5,043 | #307 (2023) | #400 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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