Oxford
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- OKS-ferd
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Oxford is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “ford for oxen”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Oxford mean?
English: English place name, from Old English oxa 'ox' and ford
“ford for oxen”
Taken from the English city of Oxford, home of the oldest university in the English-speaking world.
Is Oxford a girl's or a boy's name?
Oxford is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Oxford in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Oxford, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 2013.
Half of all the boys named Oxford in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Oxford in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
Nicknames for Oxford
- Ox
Names like Oxford
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Oxford: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/oxford, updated 20 October 2026.