Maddex
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MAD-ex
- Origin
- Welsh
- US rank, 2025
- #3,378 for boys
Maddex is a boys' name of Welsh origin, meaning “son of Madog”. In 2025 it ranked 3,378th for boys in the US (34 babies).
What does Maddex mean?
Welsh: spelling of Maddox, a Welsh surname
“son of Madog”
Maddox comes from the Welsh personal name Madog, borne by a legendary Welsh prince said to have sailed to America.
Is Maddex a girl's or a boy's name?
Maddex is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maddex in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,378among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 34about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 34 boys in the US were named Maddex, making it the 3,378th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,024th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 138 boys. It first appears in the records in 2003.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Maddex than any year since 2004.
Half of all the boys named Maddex in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Maddex in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #3,378 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,214 |
| 2023 | 45 | #2,804 |
| 2022 | 65 | #2,216 |
| 2021 | 71 | #2,059 |
| 2020 | 70 | #2,024 |
| 2019 | 77 | #1,917 |
| 2018 | 81 | #1,855 |
| 2017 | 91 | #1,717 |
| 2016 | 96 | #1,655 |
| 2015 | 104 | #1,555 |
| 2014 | 123 | #1,385 |
| 2013 | 123 | #1,370 |
| 2012 | 138 | #1,273 |
| 2011 | 115 | #1,429 |
| 2010 | 116 | #1,425 |
| 2009 | 98 | #1,617 |
| 2008 | 90 | #1,692 |
| 2007 | 49 | #2,533 |
| 2006 | 45 | #2,620 |
| 2005 | 36 | #2,898 |
| 2004 | 27 | #3,452 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
Nicknames for Maddex
- Mad
Names like Maddex
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hendrix Bowen Gael Memphis Beckett Lennox Hudson Milo Mateo Luca Archer Enzo
Names related to Maddex
More Welsh names
Dylan Owen Winnie Morgan Idris Reese Griffin Rhys Gavin Reece Nia Seren Gwendolyn Winifred Meredith Brynn
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Maddex: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maddex, updated 20 October 2026.