How rare is the name Alix?

5,491 people in the United States have the first name Alix, about 1 in 55,005. It ranks #3,700 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ALIX

#3,700

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,491
About
1 in 55,005
This common or more
82.9%
Who bears it

Of the 5,491 people named Alix, 58% reported their origin as White, 19.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 16.5% as Black. 72.6% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Alix peaked in 1993, when 206 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19302025
Peak year
1993
Births that year
206
In 2025*
35 ▼83%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 4,573 babies have been given the name since 1930. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Alix by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #2,040. The largest share of babies named Alix, 41.8%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1930s#7,19339
1940s#3,659175
1950s#4,396165
1960s#4,785170
1970s#4,598253
1980s#2,583761
1990s#2,0401,534
2000s#3,935791
2010s#5,992458
2020s#6,780227
Silent Generation 1928–453%
Baby boom 1946–646.8%
Generation X 1965–808.3%
Millennials 1981–9641.8%
Generation Z 1997–1228.3%
2013 and later11.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Alix is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Alix has been most common in Utah (4.2×), California (3.2×), and New York (2.2×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.43×).

1,297 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Alix

1 other first name also has 5,491 people.

#3,700 Edson · 5,491

Either side of Alix

#3,697 Nichelle · 5,498#3,699 Yehuda · 5,492#3,700 Edson · 5,491#3,702 Hadassah · 5,485

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Alix, most common first.

#127 Alex · 373,467#9,436 Alyx · 1,471#11,287 Alis · 1,146#18,286 Alik · 591#21,719 Alic · 465#29,086 Aliz · 306#41,276 Allix · 178#42,079 Alax · 172

Also a last name

As a last name, Alix ranks #20,578 of 156,621, with 1,304 people. See Alix as a last name

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