Maddox
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
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.
Maddox for boys#210 US
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.
Maddox for girls#2635 US
The possibility of the nickname Maddy (or the even spunkier Moxie) makes this have some potential as a modern, unisex name for a girl - if you can get past the strongly masculine meaning.
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 · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #163 | 2,579 | #2,063 | 95 |
| 2015 | #148 | 2,789 | #2,134 | 90 |
| 2016 | #143 | 2,909 | #1,739 | 120 |
| 2017 | #136 | 3,043 | #1,948 | 103 |
| 2018 | #140 | 2,811 | #1,948 | 102 |
| 2019 | #156 | 2,482 | #1,884 | 107 |
| 2020 | #170 | 2,293 | #2,459 | 71 |
| 2021 | #173 | 2,218 | #1,845 | 109 |
| 2022 | #179 | 2,106 | #1,949 | 102 |
| 2023 | #195 | 1,887 | #2,010 | 98 |
| 2024 | #215 | 1,665 | #2,160 | 88 |
| 2025 | #210 | 1,664 | #2,635 | 66 |
World rankings
Maddox for boys
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Famous Maddoxs
- MaddoxBoy
pen name of George Ouzounian, American author and blogger
- Maddox Chivan JolieBoy
Pitt, son of actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt
- Maddox Gagné (b. 2004)Boy
son of baseball pitcher Eric Gagné
- Maddox Volpone (b. 2006)Boy
son of actress McKenzie Westmore and Keith Volpone
- Maddox Rogers (b. 2013)Boy
son of pro wrestler Tommy Rogers
- Maddox Prince Boateng (b. 2014)Boy
son of footballer Kevin,Prince Boateng & Melissa Satta
- Maddox Laurel Boss (b. 2016)Boy
son of dancers Stephen "tWitch" Boss and Allison Holker
- Jonah MaddoxBoy
Phillip Bryant, son of American singer Lil Mo
- Joe MaddoxBoy
American baseball player and manager
Maddox in pop culture
- MaddoxBoy
character in the Planet of the Apes series
- MaddoxBoy
character in 1990 film "Desperate Hours"
- MaddoxBoy
character from Morgan Rhodes's "A Book of Spirits and Thieves"
- Bernie MaddoxBoy
character on British TV series "Red Cap"
- Maddox WrightBoy
a character in Sarah Sheppard's "The Amateurs"
- Travis "Mad Dog" MaddoxBoy
main character in the "Beautiful" series by Jamie McGuire