Maddox

What Maddox means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Maddox yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Down from #148 in 2015 to #209 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Maddox?

US: Falling: down from #148 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #485 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2017, when 3,044 boys got the name (#136 that year). First in the US records in 1995.

How common

• About 1 in 1,026 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,801 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,309 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in VT (5.78 per 1,000 boys), WY (4.59 per 1,000 boys), WV (3.9 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Maddox is #209 in the US and #302 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 96.2% of US babies named Maddox were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

Wiktionary only lists the US pronunciation so far.

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Maddux113 US
• Maddix44 US
• Maddex34 US
• Mattox17 US
• Maddax15 US
• Madix13 US
• Maddoxx7 US
• Madox6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Maddox

Boys

• Carter#45“son of Arthur”^*
• Finnegan#526“descendant of Fionnagán”^*
• Cooper#27Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #77 in 2015, #27 in 2025
• Cason#846“house”^*
• Camden#205“enclosure + valley”^*
• Jaxon#115Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #44 in 2015, #115 in 2025

For a sister

• Brynlee#243Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1995, with 5 babies
• Avery#37Editor’s note Used for both: 82% of US babies named Avery in 2025 were girls
• Finley#415Editor’s note Used for both: 43% of US babies named Finley in 2025 were girls
• Teagan#340Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1979, with 6 babies
• Rylee#137Variant of Riley, meaning “rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Piper#155Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #67 in 2015, #155 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Maddox’s. Rank is US 2025.