boy's name
Onix
- Gender Boy
- Letters 4
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 383
Onix is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 28 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
- Peaked in 2022, when 33 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 118,413 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1956.
Onix over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 7 |
| 1960s | 22 |
| 1970s | 9 |
| 1980s | 16 |
| 1990s | 38 |
| 2000s | 52 |
| 2010s | 93 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 146 |
How popular is Onix?
In 2025, Onix was given to 28 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Onix
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Onix also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Onix over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Onix
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Onix — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Onix
How popular is the name Onix?
In 2025, Onix was given to 28 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Is Onix a girl's or a boy's name?
Onix is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.
When was Onix most popular?
Onix peaked in 2022, when 33 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Onix a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Onix currently ranks #4,589 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.