Maddox
Top 1000
About Maddox
Maddox, a previously obscure Welsh family name with a powerfully masculine image, suddenly came into the spotlight when Angelina Jolie chose it for her son in 2003. By the following year it was in the middle of the Top 1000, and it has risen since.
It was Maddox who set the precedent for all the boys in the Jolie-Pitt clan to have names ending in 'x'-and helped fuel the spark for all names X.
Maddox is related to the traditional Welsh Madoc (pronounced MAH-dog), meaning 'fortunate'; it belonged to a bearer who, according to legend, colonized North America in the twelfth century.
Maddox is a character in The Vampire Diaries; spelled Madox, it appeared in Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient.
Pronounced MAD-iks.
As of October 2026, Maddox ranked #210 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #136 in 2017, Nameberry popularity #415.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #163 | 2,579 | 1,342.6 |
| 2015 | #148 | 2,789 | 1,455.1 |
| 2016 | #143 | 2,909 | 1,532.9 |
| 2017 | #136 | 3,043 | 1,644 |
| 2018 | #140 | 2,811 | 1,547.8 |
| 2019 | #156 | 2,482 | 1,383.3 |
| 2020 | #170 | 2,293 | 1,328.4 |
| 2021 | #173 | 2,218 | 1,267.8 |
| 2022 | #179 | 2,106 | 1,206.2 |
| 2023 | #195 | 1,887 | 1,103.1 |
| 2024 | #215 | 1,665 | 966.4 |
| 2025 | #210 | 1,664 | 974.2 |
World rankings
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Maddox on lists
Famous Maddoxs
- Maddox
pen name of George Ouzounian, American author and blogger
- Maddox Chivan Jolie
Pitt, son of actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt
- Maddox Gagné (b. 2004)
son of baseball pitcher Eric Gagné
- Maddox Volpone (b. 2006)
son of actress McKenzie Westmore and Keith Volpone
- Maddox Rogers (b. 2013)
son of pro wrestler Tommy Rogers
- Maddox Prince Boateng (b. 2014)
son of footballer Kevin,Prince Boateng & Melissa Satta
- Maddox Laurel Boss (b. 2016)
son of dancers Stephen "tWitch" Boss and Allison Holker
- Jonah Maddox
Phillip Bryant, son of American singer Lil Mo
- Joe Maddox
American baseball player and manager
Maddox in pop culture
- Maddox
character in the Planet of the Apes series
- Maddox
character in 1990 film "Desperate Hours"
- Maddox
character from Morgan Rhodes's "A Book of Spirits and Thieves"
- Bernie Maddox
character on British TV series "Red Cap"
- Maddox Wright
a character in Sarah Sheppard's "The Amateurs"
- Travis "Mad Dog" Maddox
main character in the "Beautiful" series by Jamie McGuire