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Maddux

#1,533 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Transferred from a surname; no fixed literal translation

Maddux has been given to 4,098 babies in the U.S. since 1996. In 2025 it ranked #1,533 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2018, with 222 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 94% boys, 6% girls all-time.

Babies named Maddux, 2025

1 in 29,300

Maddux over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Maddux over time

In 2025, Maddux went to 8% girls and 92% boys.

19962025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Maddux: meaning, origin, and history

Transferred from a surname; no fixed literal translation

surname transfer

What Maddux means

Maddux is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Maddux is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Maddux is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,833 boys were recorded with the name Maddux between 1996 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 222 in 2018; its best national rank was #945 in 2018.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,113 in 2020 to #1,533 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,055 in 2015 to #1,533 in 2025.

In the United States, 265 girls were recorded with the name Maddux between 1997 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 20 in 2017; its best national rank was #6,194 in 2017.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #9,293 in 2020 to #9,847 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,882 in 2015 to #9,847 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Maddux?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 29,300
113 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 15,100
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,533
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
20,337 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Maddux sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 20,337 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Maddux. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Madduxs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Maddux was born before 2014 — so the typical Maddux is around 11 today.

Median birth year
2014
About 11 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
48.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
97.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,833
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 48.5% of all recorded uses (1,858).

Is Maddux rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−131
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−420
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−478
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.60×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
50.9%
Peak was 2018 (222)
Years since peak
7
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
10.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#945
2018

Spellings of Maddux

Maddux is not the most common spelling — Maddox is, with 74.7% against Maddux's 6.1%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Maddux is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Maddux was most concentrated in Iowa — about 1 in 2,703 boys, against 1 in 10,374 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in 100,000).

137 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Iowa1 in 2,703
  2. 2Tennessee1 in 3,125
  3. 3Indiana1 in 3,333
  4. 4Georgia1 in 3,846
  5. 5Illinois1 in 4,545
  6. 6North Carolina1 in 6,667
  7. 7Alabama1 in 7,692
  8. 8South Carolina1 in 9,091

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Maddux is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Maddux was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 905,058 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Maddux has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Maddux around the world

Where Maddux ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • Canada
    2004–2023
    #2,436
    in 2023

Popularity data from Statistics Canada. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Maddux by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,533
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 420
Best rank ever
#945
2018
Peak year
2018
222 that year
First recorded
1996
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,833
Count in 2025
113

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#9,847
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 554
Best rank ever
#6,194
2017
Peak year
2017
20 that year
First recorded
1997
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
265
Count in 2025
10

Names similar to Maddux

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Maddux

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Maddux, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

JuelzFinnianCoenKalelTaydenJaelLyricAtreyuKarsenJayvionAchillesJet

Sibling names for Maddux

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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