Alix
A French feminine given name derived from the Germanic name Adalhaidis.
Name Census estimates that about 4,211 living Americans carry the first name Alix. It appears on both sides of the gender split, with 78.4% of registrations being female. The average person named Alix today is around 32 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Alix births was 1993 (206 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Alix. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Alix with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
4.2K
~ 1 in 81,395 Americans
Peak year
1993
206 babies that year
Average age
32
years old
2024 SSA rank
#4,551
Tracked since 1930
Census
Alix in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 5,489 people with the first name Alix, which placed it at #3,700 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#3,700
National first-name rank
People counted
5.5K
5,489 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
1.8
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
58.0% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Alix
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Alix is White at 58.0%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (19.7%) and Black (16.5%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Alix described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Alix at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White58.0% · 3,186
- Hispanic or Latino19.7% · 1,082
- Black or African American16.5% · 907
- Two or more races3.4% · 189
- Asian and Pacific Islander1.8% · 99
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.5% · 26
Gender
Gender distribution for Alix
Alix is one of the more evenly split names in the SSA data. Of the 4,538 total registrations, 978 (21.6%) were male and 3,560 (78.4%) were female.
Alix as a male name
- Ranked #7,753 in 2024
- 10 male births in 2024
- Peak: 1993 (43 births)
Alix as a female name
- Ranked #4,551 in 2024
- 30 female births in 2024
- Peak: 1993 (163 births)
2020 Census snapshot
The 2020 Census sex table shows Alix on both sides of the split. Of the 5,491 people counted with this name, 1,506 were male (27.4%) and 3,985 were female (72.6%).
Popularity
Alix: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Alix from the 1930s through to the 2020s, spanning 10 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1990s, with 1,534 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1990s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Alix by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Alix during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Alix' live
The SSA's state-level files cover 24 states and territories. California, New York, Texas recorded the most babies named Alix, while Wisconsin, North Carolina, Missouri recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 54 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Alix
The name Alix has its origins in the Germanic languages, derived from the name Adalrix, meaning "noble ruler." It first appeared during the Middle Ages in regions where Germanic tribes settled, such as present-day France, Germany, and the Low Countries.
The name Alix gained prominence in the 12th century when Alix of Burgundy, daughter of Duke Odo II of Burgundy, married Peter II of Courtenay in 1184. Alix was an influential figure during the Crusades, accompanying her husband on the Fourth Crusade and later ruling as regent of the Latin Empire of Constantinople.
Another notable Alix was Alix of Thouars, Duchess of Brittany, who lived from around 1201 to 1221. She was a key figure in the succession disputes over the Duchy of Brittany and played a significant role in the region's political affairs during her lifetime.
In literature, one of the earliest recorded instances of the name Alix appears in the 12th-century French romance "Erec and Enide" by Chrétien de Troyes. The character Alix is mentioned as a noblewoman attending the court of King Arthur.
During the Renaissance, Alix de Chassey was a 16th-century French noblewoman and one of the earliest known female poets in France. Her work, while not widely known today, was celebrated in her time and contributed to the development of French literature.
In more recent history, Alix of Hesse and by Rhine, born in 1872, was a German princess who married Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. As the last Tsarina of Russia, she played a significant role in the events leading up to the Russian Revolution and the fall of the Romanov dynasty.
People
Alix + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Alix as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with A
Other first names starting with A with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Alix: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Alix?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 4,211 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Alix going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 81,395 US residents.
Is Alix a common name?
We classify Alix as "Rare". It ranks above 96.1% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 4,538 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Alix most popular?
The single biggest year for Alix was 1993, when 206 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Alix is about 32 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Alix in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 5,489 people with the name Alix, or 1.82 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #3,700 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Alix in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Alix?
The 2020 Census sex table shows Alix on both sides of the split. Of the 5,491 people counted with this name, 1,506 were male (27.4%) and 3,985 were female (72.6%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Alix?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Alix is White at 58.0%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (19.7%) and Black (16.5%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Alix most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Alix in the 2020 Census, accounting for 58.0% (3,186 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Alix in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Alix a female name?
Yes, 78.4% of people registered as Alix in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Alix still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Alix in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Alix can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people are called Alix?
For a quick modern estimate, our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers that in one glance, with the living-bearer count front and centre.