Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Alix

Gender

Male

Origin

Greek
mans defender, warrior
French

Syllables

2

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Alix

Pronunciation

a-lix

Celebrity Babies

Daughter of Faith Daniels

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1993 (rank #1906, 43 births); most recent 2025 (rank #7194, 11 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1993 (rank #1104, 163 births); most recent 2025 (rank #5238, 24 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
20251124
20241030
20231925
2022827
20211427
20201121
20191131
20181028
20171228
20161827

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 1996 (rank #704, 22 births); most recent 2017 (rank #3449, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1996 (rank #331, 106 births); most recent 2025 (rank #4866, 4 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
2025–4
2024–9
2023–4
2022–8
2021–7
2020–18
2019–9
2018–8
201758
201639

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2006 (rank #280, 233 births); most recent 2023 (rank #280, 201 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2020 (rank #40, 1,401 births); most recent 2023 (rank #45, 1,080 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
20232011,080
20221781,182
20212111,349
20201791,401
20191831,164
2018190888
2017191857
2016159828
2015175887
2014188858

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2004 (rank #370, 8 births); most recent 2019 (rank #613, 5 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
20195
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2010 (rank #638, 3 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2006 (rank #133, 39 births); most recent 2023 (rank #482, 6 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoysGirls
2025––
2024––
2023–6
2022–4
2021–6
2020–7
2019–7
2018–8
2017–6
2016–10

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2004 (rank #238, 6 births); most recent 2008 (rank #439, 3 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 1994 (rank #346, 10 births); most recent 1996 (rank #440, 7 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence