Onyx

Boy · recorded 1990–2025

  • #365in 2025
  • 1 in 1,938boys in 2025
  • +717%last ten years
  • 2.5×in Nevada

Most popular in 2023, and up 717% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1990

031663119901999200820162025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 35 recorded years as a table
Onyx, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19903
19923
19937
19945
19955
19967
19979
19986
19994
200011
20018
200210
20039
200413
200510
200614
200715
200820
200930
201031
201130
201243
201341
201448
201563
201692
2017102
2018142
2019180
2020259
2021439
2022537
2023631
2024540
2025516

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Nevada 2.5×
  2. Ohio 1.9×
  3. Georgia 1.9×
  4. Iowa 1.8×
  5. Maryland 1.7×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
881
Rank in 2025
#365
How rare
1 in 1,938 boys
Since 1990
6,849

Most popular in 2023, at 631 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 717% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Nevada2.5×47
Ohio1.9×169
Georgia1.9×158
Iowa1.8×41
Maryland1.7×67

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.