Maddox — #216 US boys' name
45,438 babies named Maddox in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 98% of names given to boys today.
56% of everyone ever named Maddox was born in this single decade.
3,043 babies were named Maddox in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Maddox
The Social Security Administration has registered 45,438 babies named Maddox between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Maddox currently holds the #216 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 3,043 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Maddox performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 25,669 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Maddox shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 4,281 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Maddox in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Maddox in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 45,438 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Maddox at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Maddox popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1995
- Peak year (2017)
- 3,043
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
Currently ranks #216 among boys.
45,438 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 3,043 births in a single year.
Maddox popularity over time — girls
1,759 total births recorded since 1999 (Maddox as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Maddox accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Maddox by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 25,669 births that decade — 56% of Maddox's all-time total
Maddox decade highlights
- Peak decade 25,669 births
- Runner-up 10,169 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Maddox's strongest decade
25,669 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% of all-time use.
Maddox by state
Where Maddox concentrates geographically — total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 4,281 | 9.4% |
| #2 | California | | 3,895 | 8.6% |
| #3 | Florida | | 2,528 | 5.6% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 2,046 | 4.5% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 2,037 | 4.5% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 1,952 | 4.3% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 1,600 | 3.5% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 1,576 | 3.5% |
4,281 of 45,438 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 9.4% of nationwide
- California 8.6% of nationwide
- Florida 5.6% of nationwide
- North Carolina 4.5% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 9.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Maddox appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1995–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.