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Calix

Masculine · “cup”

2002high 2025
#2006 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare75 boys in 2025

Calix is a cup in Latin — calix, the chalice — and the popes named Callixtus took the name from a martyred slave who became bishop of Rome.

How old is the name Calix?

Calix first appears in US birth records in 2002 — 23 years ago. The typical Calix is a kid of about 7 — this name's wave is very recent. About 800 people named Calix are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Calix most popular?

Calix peaked in 2025, reaching #2006 nationally. Today it ranks #2006, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Calix

Callixtus I was a slave who managed a Roman cemetery, became bishop of Rome around 217, and was killed in a riot; the catacombs of San Callisto are named for him. Three later popes took the name. Calix appears in American records rising from the 2010s and is in current use.

Meaningscholars disagree

cup, chalice

Two readings. The Latin calix, 'cup' or 'chalice', which gives the English chalice and the botanical calyx. Or a shortening of Callixtus, from the Greek kallistos, 'most beautiful'. The two are unrelated and both are attributed. Neither is dominant.

How the name formed

  1. calix
  2. Calix

Related forms: Calix · Calixto · Callixtus

Pronouncing Calix

KAY-liks

Two syllables, stress on the first. Latin says KAH-liks with a shorter first vowel.

Nicknames for Calix

Moderate

CalThe front clipping, and a name in its own right with a real record
LixThe back of the name, sharp and used inside families
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 2002–2025753807520022025

US babies named Calix per year from 2002 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#20062000s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
2002
Most boys named
202575 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#2006reached in 2025
Change vs 2024
+21.0%75 in 2025, from 62
Calix sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2025, with 75 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Calix in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Calix in Latin — same name
  • Calixto in Spanish — related form
  • Callixtus in English — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, North Carolina.

Calixs among us

800

people named Calix are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 22,774 born in 2025 was named Calix

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Calix

#2006
Calix on the 2025 chart
#812
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Calix went to 75 boys in 2025, but Kalix and Calyx are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 116, which makes it the 812th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,194 places above the chart.

  • Calix75
  • Kalix28
  • Calyx13

About 1 boy in 14,725 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 22,774 for Calix itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Raheim test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Calix's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Raheim climbed just as high around 1993, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Raheim's path sketches the road Calix is walking now.

40%chance Calix will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Calix, aligned on its peakRaheim· peak 1993not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-20 yrs+30 yrsRaheim · #8057Calix today
Calix today is about where Raheim stood in 1993 — in its own peak year. By 2008, Raheim had settled around #3589.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Calix sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Calix is headed

20022030

US babies named Calix per year, 2002 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Calix should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.

Steady+12% by 2030projected around #1,959 in 2030

Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Calix beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Calix in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Calixthis name75#2006Esdras75#2006Fenix75#2006Rogan75#2006Brentley75#2006

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • The chalice meaning is concrete and gives the English chalice and calyx.
  • Cal is available as a short form with a real record.
  • The x ending is genuinely uncommon and distinctive.
What to consider
  • The two attributed origins are unrelated and neither is settled.
  • Callix and Calyx are both in circulation.
  • It is very new as a given name.

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Frequently asked

How many Calixs are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Calix are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Calix?
Calix is the most-used spelling in US records — 75 of the 116 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Kalix and Calyx.
How popular is the name Calix in 2025?
Calix ranks #2006 among US boy names in 2025, with 75 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Calix?
About 1 in every 22,774 US boys born in 2025 was named Calix — 75 in all.
Will my child share the name Calix with classmates?
Calix will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Calix

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Esdras#2006 · Fenix#2006 · Rogan#2006 · Brentley#2006 · Axell#2006 · Kadence#2006 · Edmond#2006 · Oaklee#2006

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