How popular is the baby name Kix in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Kix.

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Popularity of the baby name Kix


Posts that mention the name Kix

Boy names on the rise in the U.S. in 2022

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Which boy names increased in usage the most from 2021 to 2022?

Here’s a table of the fastest-rising boy names of 2022. On the left are the top 25 increases in terms of absolute change (numbers of babies). On the right are the top 25 increases in terms of relative change (percentages of babies).

RankBoy nameAbsolute riseBoy nameRelative rise
1Walker1,372Myheir640%
2Theodore1,173Maykel600%
3Mateo1,162Kazmir500%
4Santiago951Ithiel400%
5Cooper940Kuiper340%
6Luca930Majestic340%
7Theo915Vedaant333%
8Thiago749Kix320%
9Kai719Ezryn300%
10Stetson584Navon300%
11Ezra529Azair290%
12Leo467Honour280%
13Wesley431Orhan268%
14Sebastian427Aavyan264%
15Maverick401Vishaan260%
16Koa399Maynard257%
17Tate396Dutton242%
18Oliver393Azarius240%
19Angel367Cayce240%
20Enzo355Izreal240%
21Atlas352Noar240%
22Elias348Shyne238%
23Micah327Dupree233%
24Eithan324Jafeth229%
25Amir316Zimri229%

Walker, Theodore, and several others were also among the fastest-rising names (absolute change) in 2021.

A couple of possible explanations for the relative rises…

  • Maykel Osorbo is a rapper/activist from Cuba who was jailed in mid-2022.
  • Dutton is a surname from the TV series Yellowstone. (And Cayce is similar to Kayce, a forename from Yellowstone.)

If you can explain any of the other rises, please leave a comment!

Image: Adapted from Turkey-2036 by Dennis Jarvis under CC BY-SA 2.0.

Boy names on the decline in the U.S. in 2021

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Which boy names decreased in usage the most from 2020 to 2021?

Here’s a table of the fastest-falling boy names of 2021. On the left are the top 25 decreases in terms of absolute numbers of babies, and on the right are the top 25 decreases in terms of relative numbers of babies.

RankBoy nameAbsolute fallBoy nameRelative fall
1Mason-1,035Dontavious-78%
2Alexander-880Karder-75%
3Jacob-860Azarius-74%
4Michael-742Daelan-74%
5Ethan-717Daijon-73%
6Matthew-685Alante-72%
7Connor-650Jafari-72%
8Ryan-613Kova-72%
9Hunter-595Dasan-71%
10William-525Issiah-71%
11Joshua-509Aldair-70%
12Emmanuel-491Makbel-70%
13Jaxson-489Kyre-69%
14Christian-487Joaopedro-69%
15Colton-477Khiro-69%
16Andrew-466Kix-69%
17Brayden-452Naoki-69%
18Jaxon-440Carrick-68%
19Karter-434Feliciano-68%
20Carson-430Drexel-67%
21Elijah-428Dairon-67%
22Benjamin-418Marken-67%
23Daniel-411Amarri-67%
24Kobe-399Shyheim-67%
25Carter-389Braxxton*-65%

*Also at -65% was Montavious.

Kobe was 2020’s largest absolute increase by a good margin. (The second name on that list, Theodore, broke into the top 10 in 2021.)

Here are the boy names that saw the steepest dives out of the data (i.e., to below 5 instances of usage) in 2021:

  • given to 26 babies in 2020: Burhanuddin
  • given to 20 babies in 2020: Bader
  • given to 18 babies in 2020: Hyatt, Reylan
  • given to 17 babies in 2020: Abdelrahman
  • given to 16 babies in 2020: Kymeir

Do you have thoughts/insights about any of the above names?

Source: SSA

Image: Adapted from Fall (6282684630) by Kenny Louie under CC BY 2.0.

[Latest update: Feb. 2024]