# Alix (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alix/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈæ.lɪks/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,573 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 989 / 3,584 (78% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,106, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 38 | 3,917 |
| 2012 | 24 | 5,565 |
| 2013 | 39 | 3,853 |
| 2014 | 32 | 4,461 |
| 2015 | 37 | 3,994 |
| 2016 | 27 | 4,996 |
| 2017 | 28 | 4,817 |
| 2018 | 28 | 4,774 |
| 2019 | 31 | 4,438 |
| 2020 | 21 | 5,675 |
| 2021 | 27 | 4,841 |
| 2022 | 27 | 4,914 |
| 2023 | 25 | 5,136 |
| 2024 | 30 | 4,568 |
| 2025 | 24 | 5,247 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 17 | 5,211 |
| 2012 | 17 | 5,261 |
| 2013 | 9 | 8,143 |
| 2014 | 18 | 5,073 |
| 2015 | 10 | 7,515 |
| 2016 | 18 | 5,136 |
| 2017 | 12 | 6,705 |
| 2018 | 10 | 7,648 |
| 2019 | 11 | 7,198 |
| 2020 | 11 | 7,055 |
| 2021 | 14 | 6,044 |
| 2022 | 8 | 9,023 |
| 2023 | 19 | 5,081 |
| 2024 | 10 | 7,793 |
| 2025 | 11 | 7,218 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19 | 1,545 |
| 2012 | 11 | 2,338 |
| 2013 | 13 | 2,062 |
| 2014 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,945 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,757 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,925 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,901 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,643 |
| 2020 | 18 | 1,618 |
| 2021 | 7 | 3,192 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,888 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,771 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 8 | 1,651 |
| 2003 | 7 | 1,962 |
| 2004 | 8 | 1,878 |
| 2005 | 12 | 1,534 |
| 2006 | 9 | 1,892 |
| 2007 | 7 | 2,435 |
| 2008 | 9 | 2,097 |
| 2009 | 10 | 1,981 |
| 2010 | 7 | 2,629 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |

## People named Alix

- Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse), Empress consort of Russia (1872–1918)
- Princess Alix of Luxembourg, daughter of Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, and Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma (192
- Alix Dobkin, American singer-songwriter and lesbian feminist activist
- Alix de Montmorency, daughter of Bouchard IV/V de Montmorency
- Alix Le Clerc, French founder of a religious order providing education to girls (1576-1622)
- Alix Duchet, French basketball player (born 1997)
- Alix Kates Shulman, American writer
- Alix Lapri, American actress
- Alix Bénézech, French actress
- Alix Delaporte, French film director and screenwriter
- Alix Talton, American actress
- Alix Wilton Regan, British actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.