Alix — #4569 US unisex name
3,560 babies named Alix in U.S. Social Security records since 1934, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 74% of names given to girls today.
35% of everyone ever named Alix was born in this single decade.
163 babies were named Alix in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alix
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,560 babies named Alix between 1934 and 2024, spanning 91 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alix currently holds the #4569 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 163 babies received it in a single year. Alix is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 978 additional births since 1930.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alix performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,235 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Alix shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 410 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Alix in 24 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alix in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 3,560 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Alix at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Alix popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1934
- Peak year (1993)
- 163
- Annual births at peak — across 91 years of records
Currently ranks #4569 among girls.
3,560 total births across 91 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 163 births in a single year.
Alix popularity over time — boys
978 total births recorded since 1930 (Alix as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Alix accounts for 22% of total recorded use across both genders.
Alix by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 1,235 births that decade — 35% of Alix's all-time total
Alix decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,235 births
- Runner-up 613 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Alix's strongest decade
1,235 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Alix by state
Where Alix concentrates geographically — total births since 1934
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 410 | 11.5% |
| #2 | New York | | 180 | 5.1% |
| #3 | Texas | | 171 | 4.8% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 59 | 1.7% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 51 | 1.4% |
| #6 | Utah | | 45 | 1.3% |
| #7 | Washington | | 43 | 1.2% |
| #8 | Florida | | 40 | 1.1% |
410 of 3,560 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 24 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 11.5% of nationwide
- New York 5.1% of nationwide
- Texas 4.8% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.7% of nationwide
- Ohio 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 24 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 11.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Alix appears in 24 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1934–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.