How popular is the name Maddox?

Maddox ranks 491st among boys' names in US records, with 51,168 births since 1995. Over the past decade it accounts for 25,990.

Is Maddox a unisex name?

No. Maddox is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2017, when 3,256 children were given the name. It has been in use for 30 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Maddux. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#491 of boy names

Pronounced M AE1 D AH0 K S (ARPABET)

Maddox is a boys' name, and first appears in 1995. It has been given to 51,168 children — the 491st most common boys' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2017, when 3,256 children were given it.

Maddux is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

2017Boys: 3,256Girls: 123

These spellings sound identical to Maddox and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Maddox?: Maddox ranks 491st among boys' names in US records, with 51,168 births since 1995. Over the past decade it accounts for 25,990.
Is Maddox a unisex name?: No. Maddox is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Maddox most popular?: 2017, when 3,256 children were given the name. It has been in use for 30 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Maddox spelled?: Maddux. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.