# Onyx (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/onyx/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,632 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,849 / 1,783 (21% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 249, 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 | 18 | 7,048 |
| 2012 | 31 | 4,684 |
| 2013 | 33 | 4,402 |
| 2014 | 45 | 3,528 |
| 2015 | 38 | 3,967 |
| 2016 | 58 | 2,929 |
| 2017 | 70 | 2,536 |
| 2018 | 77 | 2,379 |
| 2019 | 95 | 2,028 |
| 2020 | 115 | 1,748 |
| 2021 | 174 | 1,303 |
| 2022 | 173 | 1,352 |
| 2023 | 192 | 1,228 |
| 2024 | 187 | 1,248 |
| 2025 | 155 | 1,410 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 57 | 2,278 |
| 2012 | 81 | 1,829 |
| 2013 | 78 | 1,845 |
| 2014 | 92 | 1,677 |
| 2015 | 121 | 1,426 |
| 2016 | 175 | 1,118 |
| 2017 | 188 | 1,060 |
| 2018 | 257 | 858 |
| 2019 | 323 | 744 |
| 2020 | 447 | 613 |
| 2021 | 768 | 405 |
| 2022 | 937 | 352 |
| 2023 | 1,079 | 307 |
| 2024 | 931 | 358 |
| 2025 | 881 | 365 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,519 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,970 |
| 2023 | 7 | 3,218 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,705 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,556 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 13 | 1,745 |
| 2020 | 12 | 1,825 |
| 2021 | 26 | 1,078 |
| 2022 | 27 | 1,058 |
| 2023 | 38 | 843 |
| 2024 | 30 | 1,000 |
| 2025 | 31 | 976 |

## People named Onyx

- Onyx Lorenzoni, Brazilian politician

## 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.