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Nox

#3,424 in 2025Boys' name

Night

Nox has been given to 341 babies in the U.S. since 2010. In 2025 it ranked #3,424 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 37 recorded.

Babies named Nox, 2025

1 in 97,500

Nox over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
01020304018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Nox: meaning, origin, and history

Night

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Nox means

Nox means “night”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 336 boys were recorded with the name Nox between 2010 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 37 in 2022; its best national rank was #3,257 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #4,982 in 2020 to #3,424 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #5,911 in 2015 to #3,424 in 2025.

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Nox between 2023 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2023; its best national rank was #16,968 in 2023.

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.

How common is Nox?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 97,500
34 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 50,200
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,424
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
67,586 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Nox 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 67,586 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nox. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Noxs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Nox was born before 2020 — so the typical Nox is around 5 today.

Median birth year
2020
About 5 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
55.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
336
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 55.7% of all recorded uses (187).

Is Nox 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
+334
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+1,558
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+2,487
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.27×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
91.9%
Peak was 2022 (37)
Years since peak
3
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
37.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,257
2022

Where Nox is used

Across 1910–2025, Nox was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 911,956 across all states with data. It was least common in Illinois (1 in —).

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Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in —
  2. 2Illinois1 in —

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. Nox has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Nox around the world

Where Nox 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.

  • Scotland
    2024–2024
    #727
    in 2024
  • Canada
    2020–2022
    #2,959
    in 2022

Popularity data from National Records of Scotland and Statistics Canada. NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Nox by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,424
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,558
Best rank ever
#3,257
2022
Peak year
2022
37 that year
First recorded
2010
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
336
Count in 2025
34

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#16,968
2023
Peak year
2023
5 that year
First recorded
2023
Last recorded
2023
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Nox

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

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Sibling names for Nox

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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