Onyx

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Onyx: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Onyx: Recorded since 2004, its highest recorded position is #727, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
21years from first to last
#727highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2004–2023

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#4598
2016	#5785
2018	#4684
2019	#5591
2021	#3519
2022	#3970
2023	#3218

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 7 of the 20 years from 2004 to 2023.

In 2024: #727 among boys in Scotland, #1000 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2004–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2004
First recorded at #4598 among girls in England and Wales in 2004 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1000 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Onyx appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 14 ranked years and 181 births registered; the earliest is England and Wales · Girls, from 2004.

Onyx across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Onyx's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#4598 (2004)	#3218 (2023)	#3218 (2023)	7 of 20	31 (2004–2023)	7 (2023)
England and Wales · Boys	#4527 (2009)	#843 (2023)	#1000 (2024)	14 of 16	181 (2009–2024)	38 (2023)

Onyx by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Onyx in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	3	1 of 10	3
2010s	45	8 of 10	6
2020sbusiest	133	5 of 10	27

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 27 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Onyx appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #727 in Scotland in 2024.

Onyx's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1000	30	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3218	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#843	38	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1058	27	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3519	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1078	26	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1825	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1745	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2556	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2004 and 2024, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #727, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 38 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 20 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aafiyah · #727, 17y
Advait · #727, 13y
Aras · #727, 17y
Ayleen · #727, 11y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Aafiyah · #727, 17y
Advait · #727, 13y
Aras · #727, 17y
Cass · #727, 19y

Onyx was ranked #727 in Scotland · Boys in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Onyx and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Onyx without appearing here.

Onyx moved ahead of

Daithi Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3959 and #3011 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #1745 and #4702.
Kelly Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3959 and #3011 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #1745 and #4702.
Brent Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3959 and #3412 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1825 and #4608.
Tracy Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3218 and #5687.

Moved the opposite way to Onyx

Aaron Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Onyx went from #4527 to #1000 while Aaron went from #54 to #154.
Alan Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Onyx went from #4527 to #1000 while Alan went from #193 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Onyx went from #4527 to #1000 while Alex went from #50 to #171.
Alexander Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Onyx went from #4527 to #1000 while Alexander went from #22 to #36.

Moved the same way as Onyx

Aksel Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Onyx went from #4527 to #1000 and Aksel from #2837 to #1132.
Albie Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Onyx went from #4527 to #1000 and Albie from #291 to #19.
Alfred Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Onyx went from #4527 to #1000 and Alfred from #146 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Onyx went from #4527 to #1000 and Archie from #20 to #10.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #727 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Onyx

Onyx at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Onyx across 2 official records

Onyx by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Onyx appears in

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Onyx at a glance

Onyx across 2 official records

Onyx by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

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Onyx and the names beside it

Onyx moved ahead of

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