Fun Facts About the Name Kix
- 152 babies named Kix: U.S. records list 152 babies given the name Kix from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Kix Mean?
Kix is a rare name used in the United States, where it works as a nickname or a short first name rather than as a traditional name passed down through families. It has no established derivation from an older language, and no earlier word or name from which it is known to come, so its meaning is uncertain. The spelling happens to match the English word kicks and the brand name of a puffed-corn cereal, but a shared spelling does not establish a shared origin, and neither link has been documented.
Kix Name History & Origins
Kix is used almost entirely as a nickname, and in the United States it is occasionally given as a first name in its own right. The best-known bearer is the country singer Kix Brooks, born Leon Eric Brooks III in 1955, who performs under the nickname rather than as a legal given name. With no older source behind it, the name is best described as a modern English nickname that has sometimes been taken up as a first name; it has no medieval, biblical, or classical forms and no translations in other languages.
Two unrelated things share the spelling: Kix, the puffed-corn cereal introduced by General Mills in 1937, and Kix, the American hard-rock band formed in Hagerstown, Maryland, in 1977. Both are English brand and band names, and neither is a documented source of the personal name.
How Popular is the Name Kix?
Kix has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2022. Its best rank was #4,790 in 2022.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,505 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2024 | #5,771 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2023 | #5,359 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2022 | #4,790 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2021 | #13,204 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2020 | #5,589 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2019 | #6,620 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2017 | #8,528 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2016 | #9,325 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2013 | #11,534 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #10,311 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2010 | #8,493 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2009 | #10,511 | 7 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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