Fox

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477 · #1,409 for boys in 2025, 129 births
Given to boys 97.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
2016 · 327 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,891
since 1888

Fox over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Fox has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202019peak #744, 2016boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,409129
2024#13,4776#1,114192
2023#10,3129#1,111190
2022#10,3839#1,007221
2021#8,46412#933242
2020#12,1427#920243
2019#10,4739#905243
2018#9,80610#794285
2017#9,94310#767306
2016#8,87512#744327
2015#14,4826#1,035195
2014#13,0697#1,153164
2013—#1,186151
2012—#1,61796
2011—#1,70387
2010—#1,69790
2009—#1,70891
2008—#1,81381
2007—#2,09465
2006—#2,78441
2005—#2,18255
2004—#2,19353
2003—#2,50741
2002—#3,18828
2001—#2,27744
2000—#2,47638
1999—#2,06346
1998—#2,15742
1997—#2,06043
1996—#2,67928
1995—#3,43219
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First appearance
1888

The first year at least five boys were named Fox! It came in at #1,031, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1888–1994, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Fox is popular in 2019

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Fox, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Fox, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Fox, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Fox, so not publishedNHWashington: #444 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 2,129 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Fox, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Fox, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Fox, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #799 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,235 boysMNIllinois: #1,317 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 11,503 boysILWisconsin: #564 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,136 boysWIMichigan: #682 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 4,403 boysMINew York: #1,430 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 13,364 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Fox, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Fox, so not publishedRIOregon: #476 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,352 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Fox, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Fox, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Fox, so not publishedSDIowa: #554 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,877 boysIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Fox, so not publishedINOhio: #750 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 5,143 boysOHPennsylvania: #708 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 5,078 boysPANew Jersey: #783 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,679 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Fox, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #732 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 5,804 boysCAUtah: #424 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,936 boysUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Fox, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Fox, so not publishedNEMissouri: #752 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,961 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Fox, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Fox, so not publishedWVVirginia: #996 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,899 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Fox, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Fox, so not publishedDEArizona: #807 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,573 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Fox, so not publishedNMKansas: #437 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,019 boysKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Fox, so not publishedARTennessee: #858 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,867 boysTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Fox, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Fox, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Fox, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Fox, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Fox, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Fox, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Fox, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Fox, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Fox, so not publishedHITexas: #1,265 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 12,467 boysTXFlorida: #906 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 6,769 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Utah#424 · 1 in 1,936
  2. Kansas#437 · 1 in 2,019
  3. Washington#444 · 1 in 2,129
  4. Oregon#476 · 1 in 2,352
  5. Iowa#554 · 1 in 2,877

Best ever in a state: #206 in Maine, 2016.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#424101 in 1,936
Kansas#43771 in 2,019
Washington#444161 in 2,129
Oregon#47671 in 2,352
Iowa#55451 in 2,877
Wisconsin#56481 in 3,136
Michigan#682101 in 4,403
Pennsylvania#708111 in 5,078
California#732351 in 5,804
Ohio#750111 in 5,143
Missouri#75261 in 4,961
New Jersey#78371 in 5,679
Minnesota#79951 in 5,235
Arizona#80761 in 5,573
Tennessee#85861 in 5,867
Florida#906141 in 6,769
Virginia#99651 in 7,899
Texas#1,265141 in 12,467
Illinois#1,31751 in 11,503
New York#1,43071 in 13,364
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Fox
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 295 spots since 2024 (#1,114 → #1,409)
  • 489 spots since 2020 (#920 → #1,409)
  • 374 spots since 2015 (#1,035 → #1,409)
  • Biggest jump: 291 spots in 2016 (#1,035 → #744)
  • Biggest drop: 111 spots in 2019 (#794 → #905)
Rise & fade · boys
128 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 2016 at #744 (327 births)
  • Births halved by 2025, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 2016–2021
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,803
  • Highest: 1 in 5,803 boys born in 2016 were named Fox (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 13,241 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 50.0% of all boys named Fox (1,944) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#1,031 (1888)#1,031
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1930s10#3,642 (1933)#3,822
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1990s178#2,060 (1997)#2,478
2000s537#1,708 (2009)#2,322
2010s1,944#744 (2016)#1,160
2020s1,217#920 (2020)#1,082

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Fox in 2019

girls
#10,473
9 births · 1 in 186,485 girls
boys
#905
243 births · 1 in 7,384 boys

Top girls' names in 2019

  1. #1Olivia18,577
  2. #2Emma17,226
  3. #3Ava14,549
  4. #4Sophia13,821
  5. #5Isabella13,407
  6. #6Charlotte13,239
  7. #7Amelia12,944
  8. #8Mia12,508
  9. #9Harper10,497
  10. #10Evelyn10,443
  11. #10,473Fox9

Top boys' names in 2019

  1. #1Liam20,631
  2. #2Noah19,178
  3. #3Oliver13,967
  4. #4William13,658
  5. #5Elijah13,436
  6. #6James13,198
  7. #7Benjamin13,044
  8. #8Lucas12,483
  9. #9Mason11,484
  10. #10Alexander11,327
  11. #905Fox243
More about 2019

girls

1,678,366 girls got a published name in 2019; 1 in 186,485 of them was named Fox, which outranked 41.9% of the 18,024 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Fox
  1. #9,736Zoii10
  2. #9,736Zonnique10
  3. #9,736Zuzu10
  4. #10,473Fox9
  5. #10,473Aadhyasri9
  6. #10,473Aaima9
  7. #10,473Aakriti9
  8. #11,356Aahna8
  9. #11,356Aalina8
  10. #11,356Aaralynn8

Tied with 882 names at #10,473; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2018
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,081Amoura#2,059 → #978
  2. ↑ 553Theodora#1,406 → #853
  3. ↑ 456Navy#1,269 → #813
  4. ↑ 415Emani#1,371 → #956
  5. ↑ 403Yaritza#1,216 → #813
Fallers
  1. ↓ 451Emmarie#990 → #1,441
  2. ↓ 368Saniyah#934 → #1,302
  3. ↓ 252Tatiana#692 → #944
  4. ↓ 229Zhavia#879 → #1,108
  5. ↓ 219Jayden#979 → #1,198

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,794,216 boys got a published name in 2019; 1 in 7,384 of them was named Fox, which outranked 93.6% of the 14,133 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Fox
  1. #897Jeffery244
  2. #897Maxton244
  3. #897Zakai244
  4. #905Fox243
  5. #905Forest243
  6. #905Ronnie243
  7. #908Bridger242
  8. #908Harlem242
  9. #908Jabari242

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2018
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,830Sekani#6,703 → #873
  2. ↑ 5,230Ermias#5,770 → #540
  3. ↑ 654Amias#1,478 → #824
  4. ↑ 623Kyro#1,343 → #720
  5. ↑ 512Aziel#1,465 → #953
Fallers
  1. ↓ 376Jaxtyn#776 → #1,152
  2. ↓ 252Brysen#860 → #1,112
  3. ↓ 220Coen#814 → #1,034
  4. ↓ 219Chad#899 → #1,118
  5. ↓ 219Imran#933 → #1,152

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2019 →