Madox
Boy · MAD-oks · Welsh
Madox is a boys' name of Welsh origin, meaning “fortunate”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Madox mean?
Welsh: spelling of Maddox; Welsh surname, son of Madog
“fortunate”
From a Welsh surname meaning son of Madog; Madog ab Owain Gwynedd was a legendary prince said to have sailed to America.
- Say it
- MAD-oks
Meaning borrowed from Maddox. More on Wiktionary.
Is Madox a girl's or a boy's name?
Madox is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Madox in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Madox, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 37 boys. It first appears in the records in 2004.
Half of all the boys named Madox in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,867 boys in the US were given Madox or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #215, up from #10,690 for this spelling alone.
Madox in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 34 | #3,238 |
| 2009 | 37 | #3,104 |
| 2008 | 23 | #4,264 |
| 2007 | 27 | #3,791 |
| 2006 | 32 | #3,304 |
| 2005 | 23 | #3,937 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
Names like Madox
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca Memphis Ares Maximus Xander Milo Ezra Magnus Sawyer Sincere Lennox Axel
Other spellings of Madox
Names related to Madox
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