Eryx
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AIR-iks
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Eryx is a boys' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Eryx mean?
Greek
In Greek myth Eryx was a son of Aphrodite and a Sicilian king; Mount Eryx in Sicily bears his name.
Is Eryx a girl's or a boy's name?
Eryx is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eryx in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Eryx, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2024, with 4 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Eryx in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
How popular is Eryx in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,606among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 400% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Eryx, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 2005.
Half of all the boys named Eryx in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Eryx in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 25 | #4,197 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
Names like Eryx
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alex Luca Theo Emrys Lucas Onyx Edward Ethan Eros Eden Phoenix Ezra
More Greek names
Theodore Sophia George Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris Maisie Lainey
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Eryx: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eryx, updated 20 October 2026.