Onyx

What Onyx means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Onyx yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,416 in 2015, #365 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Onyx?

US: Rising: up from #1416 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #3908 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2023, when 1,079 boys got the name (#307 that year). First in the US records in 1990.

How common

• About 1 in 1,939 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 8,772 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in ND (1.49 per 1,000 boys), NV (1.42 per 1,000 boys), WV (1.14 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Onyx is #365 in the US and #976 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 85.0% of US babies named Onyx were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Onix22 US
• Onyxx17 US
• Anyx15 US
• Aunyx12 US
• Ahnyx9 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Onyx

Boys

• Callahan#227Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,804 in 2015, #227 in 2025
• Myles#100Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #223 in 2015, #100 in 2025
• Koa#269Hawaiian, meaning “warrior, courage; koa tree”^*
• Callum#118Variant of Calum, meaning “dove”^*
• Muhammad#239“praised, commendable, laudable”^*
• Enzo#72“home + ruler”^*

For a sister

• Ivy#39From the word “ivy”^*
• Palmer#232“a pilgrim from the Holy Land”^*
• Magnolia#124Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #634 in 2015, #124 in 2025
• Elena#42Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #106 in 2015, #42 in 2025. 5 letters, starting with a vowel
• Aurora#15Italian, from Latin Aurōra, meaning “dawn, sunrise”^*
• Sylvie#282Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,175 in 2015, #282 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Onyx’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.