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Moxon

#6,331 in 2025Boys' name

Form of Margareth

Moxon has been given to 209 babies in the U.S. since 2009. In 2025 it ranked #6,331 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2019, with 23 recorded.

Babies named Moxon, 2025

1 in 237,000

Moxon over time, 1880–2025

Boys
010203018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Moxon: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Margareth

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Moxon means

Moxon is a form of Margareth.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Matronymic surname from Magge (“a medieval reduced form of Margareth”) + -son.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Moxon (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Moxon is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Margareth.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Moxon is pronounced /ˈmɑk.sən/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 209 boys were recorded with the name Moxon between 2009 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 23 in 2019; its best national rank was #4,428 in 2019.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,883 in 2020 to #6,331 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,201 in 2015 to #6,331 in 2025.

How common is Moxon?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 237,000
14 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 122,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#6,331
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
164,137 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Moxon 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 164,137 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Moxon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Moxons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Moxon was born before 2019 — so the typical Moxon is around 6 today.

Median birth year
2019
About 6 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
51.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
209
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 51.2% of all recorded uses (107).

Is Moxon 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
−962
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−448
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−130
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
1.00×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
60.9%
Peak was 2019 (23)
Years since peak
6
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
31.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#4,428
2019

Spellings of Moxon

Moxon is not the most common spelling — Mason is, with 63.0% against Moxon's 0.04%.

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.

Moxon around the world

Where Moxon 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.

  • South Australia
    2000–2000
    #556
    in 2000

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Moxon by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,331
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 448
Best rank ever
#4,428
2019
Peak year
2019
23 that year
First recorded
2009
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
209
Count in 2025
14

Names similar to Moxon

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

MoxleyNyxonHuxonBrixonPaxonRixonNixxonMaxxonMoxMoxenBraxonDaxonMaxonSaxonLuxonKnixonLexonDixonHixonBexonZaxonMixonDaxxonNixon

Sibling names for Moxon

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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