Alyx
Girl · AL-iks · Greek
Alyx is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “defender”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Alyx mean?
Greek: respelling of Alex
“defender”
Respelling of Alex, short for Alexandra or Alexander; Alyx Vance is a heroine of the Half-Life video games.
- Say it
- AL-iks
Is Alyx a girl's or a boy's name?
Alyx is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls and 5 boys in the US.
How popular is Alyx in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 33 girls.
Half of all the girls named Alyx in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2003, 73% of the babies named Alyx in the UK were girls.
Alyx in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 2 | #7,433 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 2 | #7,600 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,917 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 11 | #2,298 |
| 2008 | 17 | #1,679 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 18 | #1,382 |
| 2004 | 14 | #1,634 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,831 |
| 2002 | 20 | #1,147 |
| 2001 | 27 | #910 |
| 2000 | 33 | #772 |
| 1999 | 21 | #1,065 |
| 1998 | 14 | #1,417 |
| 1997 | 29 | #854 |
| 1996 | 27 | #878 |
How popular is Alyx in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 57% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Alyx, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,356th. Its busiest year was 1993, with 78 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978. 5 boys were also named Alyx in 2025 (12,003rd for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Alyx than any year since 1985.
Half of all the girls named Alyx in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 103 girls in the US were given Alyx or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,660, up from #10,913 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 86% of the babies named Alyx in the US in 1989, and 74% in 2020.
Alyx in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 22 | #5,569 |
| 2020 | 31 | #4,356 |
| 2019 | 24 | #5,304 |
| 2018 | 28 | #4,766 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 28 | #4,852 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,642 |
| 2012 | 25 | #5,396 |
| 2011 | 30 | #4,680 |
| 2010 | 28 | #4,972 |
| 2009 | 36 | #4,195 |
| 2008 | 30 | #4,880 |
| 2007 | 31 | #4,674 |
| 2006 | 37 | #3,991 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 27 | #4,812 |
| 2003 | 25 | #4,938 |
| 2002 | 29 | #4,276 |
| 2001 | 32 | #3,936 |
| 2000 | 31 | #3,978 |
| 1999 | 34 | #3,566 |
| 1998 | 41 | #3,065 |
| 1997 | 52 | #2,478 |
| 1996 | 55 | #2,369 |
| 1995 | 64 | #2,096 |
| 1994 | 45 | #2,696 |
| 1993 | 78 | #1,837 |
| 1992 | 45 | #2,682 |
| 1991 | 49 | #2,513 |
| 1990 | 33 | #3,292 |
| 1989 | 32 | #3,247 |
| 1988 | 29 | #3,301 |
| 1987 | 22 | #3,854 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,721 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
Names like Alyx
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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