Kalix
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAL-iks
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #3,847 for boys
Kalix is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “cup, chalice”. In 2025 it ranked 3,847th for boys in the US (28 babies).
What does Kalix mean?
Latin: spelling of Calix; Latin word; also linked to Calixto, from Greek kallistos
“cup, chalice”
Latin calix, 'cup', is the root of chalice; the name also recalls Pope Callixtus I, a 3rd-century martyr.
Meaning borrowed from Calix.
Is Kalix a girl's or a boy's name?
Kalix is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kalix in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,847among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 28about 1 in 61,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 28 boys in the US were named Kalix, making it the 3,847th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 34 boys. It first appears in the records in 2005.
Half of all the boys named Kalix in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 103 boys in the US were given Kalix or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,455, up from #3,847 for this spelling alone.
- Calix 75
- Kalix 28
Kalix in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #3,847 |
| 2024 | 22 | #4,567 |
| 2023 | 34 | #3,414 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 20 | #4,776 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 34 | #3,344 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
Nicknames for Kalix
- Cal 10 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Kalix
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Koa Kailo Kaleo Kai Kylo Makai Lux Hendrix Kainoa Lakai Makoa Kyrie
Other spellings of Kalix
Names related to Kalix
More Latin names
Oliver Olivia Leo Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Luna Nora Rosie Emilia Max Nova Lucy Julian
Sources
Figures from 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, “Kalix: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kalix, updated 20 October 2026.