first name
MADDOX
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 33,731 people named Maddox, 71% reported their origin as White, 13.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 9.1% as two or more races. 96.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Maddox peaked in 2017, when 3,147 babies got the name.
At least 48,944 babies have been given the name since 1995. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Maddox by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #274. The largest share of babies named Maddox, 65.6%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Maddox is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Maddox has been most common in Nevada (2.8×), Idaho (1.9×), and Tennessee (1.7×), and least common in New York (0.42×).
47,374 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Maddox
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Maddox, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Maddox ranks #991 of 156,621, with 34,687 people. See Maddox as a last name
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