#3582024 rank
2023peak year
5,504babies named Onyx since 1880
▲ +187%5-year trend
Onyx popularity over 145 years
⭐ Sweet spot — known but not everywhere · roughly undefined% girls / NaN% boys in 2024
What does Onyx mean?
From Greek onyx, 'claw, fingernail', naming the banded gemstone prized since antiquity. It joined the rising wave of gem and dark-word names in 21st-century America.
OriginGreek
Syllables2
Genderboy
Stylenature, modern
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