# Maddox (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/maddox/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Welsh |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmædəks/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Maddex, Maddix, Maddux, Mattocks |
| US babies named this | 48,944 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 47,119 / 1,825 (4% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,083, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Welsh Madog.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 61 | 2,856 |
| 2012 | 60 | 2,890 |
| 2013 | 81 | 2,297 |
| 2014 | 95 | 2,064 |
| 2015 | 90 | 2,136 |
| 2016 | 120 | 1,739 |
| 2017 | 103 | 1,948 |
| 2018 | 102 | 1,948 |
| 2019 | 107 | 1,885 |
| 2020 | 71 | 2,460 |
| 2021 | 109 | 1,845 |
| 2022 | 102 | 1,950 |
| 2023 | 98 | 2,013 |
| 2024 | 88 | 2,168 |
| 2025 | 66 | 2,635 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2,222 | 169 |
| 2012 | 2,312 | 168 |
| 2013 | 2,418 | 170 |
| 2014 | 2,579 | 163 |
| 2015 | 2,789 | 148 |
| 2016 | 2,909 | 143 |
| 2017 | 3,044 | 136 |
| 2018 | 2,811 | 140 |
| 2019 | 2,483 | 156 |
| 2020 | 2,293 | 170 |
| 2021 | 2,220 | 173 |
| 2022 | 2,108 | 179 |
| 2023 | 1,890 | 195 |
| 2024 | 1,668 | 217 |
| 2025 | 1,664 | 210 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,970 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,598 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 64 | 546 |
| 2012 | 66 | 549 |
| 2013 | 77 | 493 |
| 2014 | 61 | 583 |
| 2015 | 81 | 485 |
| 2016 | 77 | 517 |
| 2017 | 93 | 451 |
| 2018 | 102 | 414 |
| 2019 | 85 | 472 |
| 2020 | 134 | 337 |
| 2021 | 130 | 344 |
| 2022 | 152 | 296 |
| 2023 | 168 | 278 |
| 2024 | 172 | 271 |
| 2025 | 151 | 302 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.