Is Nyx a boy or girl name?

Nyx is a unisex name. Of the 673 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 79.5% were girls and 20.5% were boys.

Nyx

Recorded 2008–2025 · United States

Nyx was most popular in 2022, when 109 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,388 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,652, with 95 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 673 people named Nyx.

Nyx over time

Births per year. The dot marks Nyx’s peak in 2022. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Nyx a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Nyx is a unisex name — 79.5% of the 673 Americans given it were girls and 20.5% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 78% girls and 22% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org