Recorded 2004–2022 Boys' name Peak 2009 351 births

Madox — boys' name

351 babies named Madox in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s1542010s1712020s26
2010s
Peak decade

49% of everyone ever named Madox was born in this single decade.

2009
Single peak year

37 babies were named Madox in 2009 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Madox

The Social Security Administration has registered 351 babies named Madox between 2004 and 2022, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Madox currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 37 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Madox performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 171 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Madox shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 8 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Madox in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Madox 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 351 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.

Madox at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

351

Since 2004

19 years of records

Peak year

2009

37 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

2004

Recorded for 19 years

Last year on file: 2022

Madox popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2004

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2009)
37
Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
010203040 2022201920162013201020072004 12

Madox by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
171 births that decade — 49% of Madox's all-time total
2000s1542010s1712020s26

Madox by state

Where Madox concentrates geographically — total births since 2004

Geographically diffuse
Top 2 states by recorded births for the name Madox
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
8 2.3%
#2 Texas
6 1.7%
California share of Madox's total US births 2.3%
Even split

8 of 351 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Madox?
351 babies have been named Madox since 2004. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2009 with 37 births.
When was Madox most popular?
Madox was most popular in the 2010s decade with 171 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
Where is Madox most popular?
The top states for the name Madox are California (8 births), Texas (6 births).
How long has the name Madox been used?
Madox has been recorded in Social Security data since 2004, spanning 19 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Madox?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Maddox, Madison, Madden, Maddux, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 2004–2022 (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.