Fox
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Fox is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “fox”. In 2025 it ranked 916th for boys in the UK (37 babies) and 1,409th for boys in the US (129 babies).
What does Fox mean?
English: English word and surname
“fox”
From the English animal name, also an English surname that began as a nickname for a cunning person.
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Is Fox a girl's or a boy's name?
Fox is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 37 boys in the UK and 129 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fox in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #916among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 37about 1 in 8,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 37 boys in the UK were named Fox, making it the 916th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 536th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 102 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Fox than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Fox in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 856th in England and Wales.
Fox in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | #916 |
| 2024 | 60 | #678 |
| 2023 | 50 | #750 |
| 2022 | 73 | #577 |
| 2021 | 78 | #558 |
| 2020 | 79 | #536 |
| 2019 | 102 | #449 |
| 2018 | 93 | #485 |
| 2017 | 82 | #535 |
| 2016 | 77 | #557 |
| 2015 | 47 | #764 |
| 2014 | 33 | #969 |
| 2013 | 22 | #1,241 |
| 2012 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 2011 | 18 | #1,433 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 11 | #1,930 |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,451 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,446 |
| 1997 | 12 | #1,174 |
| 1996 | 11 | #1,215 |
How popular is Fox in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,409among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 129about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 129 boys in the US were named Fox, making it the 1,409th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 920th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 327 boys. It first appears in the records in 1888.
2025 had fewer boys named Fox than any year since 2012.
Half of all the boys named Fox in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 138 boys in the US were given Fox or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,228, up from #1,409 for this spelling alone.
- Fox 129
- Foxx 9
Fox in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 129 | #1,409 |
| 2024 | 192 | #1,114 |
| 2023 | 190 | #1,111 |
| 2022 | 221 | #1,007 |
| 2021 | 242 | #933 |
| 2020 | 243 | #920 |
| 2019 | 243 | #905 |
| 2018 | 285 | #794 |
| 2017 | 306 | #767 |
| 2016 | 327 | #744 |
| 2015 | 195 | #1,035 |
| 2014 | 164 | #1,153 |
| 2013 | 151 | #1,186 |
| 2012 | 96 | #1,616 |
| 2011 | 87 | #1,703 |
| 2010 | 90 | #1,697 |
| 2009 | 91 | #1,707 |
| 2008 | 81 | #1,813 |
| 2007 | 65 | #2,094 |
| 2006 | 41 | #2,783 |
| 2005 | 55 | #2,178 |
| 2004 | 53 | #2,189 |
| 2003 | 41 | #2,503 |
| 2002 | 28 | #3,184 |
| 2001 | 44 | #2,273 |
| 2000 | 38 | #2,471 |
| 1999 | 46 | #2,060 |
| 1998 | 42 | #2,154 |
| 1997 | 43 | #2,057 |
| 1996 | 28 | #2,674 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,030 |
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