Boy name#1,382 of boy names
Onyx
Pronounced AA1 N IH0 K S (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2023
- 35 years in use
How popular is Onyx?
Onyx is a boys' name, and first appears in 1990. It has been given to 7,613 children — the 1,382nd most common boys' name on record.
It is climbing hard: about nine times as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2023, when 1,077 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- AA1 N IH0 K S
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Onyx
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Onyx
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Onyx?
- Onyx ranks 1,382nd among boys' names in US records, with 7,613 births since 1990. Over the past decade it accounts for 5,212.
- Is Onyx a unisex name?
- No. Onyx is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Onyx most popular?
- 2023, when 1,077 children were given the name. It has been in use for 35 years and is still recorded as of 2024.