Onix
Boy · OH-niks · Greek
Onix is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “onyx; literally fingernail”. In 2025 it ranked 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).
What does Onix mean?
Greek: Spanish spelling of onyx, the gemstone
“onyx; literally fingernail”
The Spanish spelling of onyx; the gem's name comes from Greek onyx 'fingernail'.
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Is Onix a girl's or a boy's name?
Onix is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls and 22 boys in the US.
How popular is Onix in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,538among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 78,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 109% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Onix, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 1956. 6 girls were also named Onix in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
Half of all the boys named Onix in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Onix in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,538 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 29 | #3,799 |
| 2022 | 27 | #3,992 |
| 2021 | 25 | #4,114 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,214 |
Names like Onix
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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