Nyx
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Nyx is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “night”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 2,564th for girls in the US (68 babies).
What does Nyx mean?
Greek
“night”
In Greek myth Nyx was the primordial goddess of night, feared even by Zeus.
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Is Nyx a girl's or a boy's name?
Nyx is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 68 girls and 27 boys in the US.
How popular is Nyx in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Nyx, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 9 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Nyx in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
How popular is Nyx in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,564among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 68about 1 in 24,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 105% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 68 girls in the US were named Nyx, making it the 2,564th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,734th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 84 girls. It first appears in the records in 2008. 27 boys were also named Nyx in 2025 (3,948th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Nyx in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 72% of the babies named Nyx in the US were girls.
Nyx in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 68 | #2,564 |
| 2024 | 64 | #2,694 |
| 2023 | 65 | #2,674 |
| 2022 | 84 | #2,228 |
| 2021 | 61 | #2,784 |
| 2020 | 39 | #3,734 |
| 2019 | 34 | #4,161 |
| 2018 | 23 | #5,450 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6,252 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
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