Maddox is a boy's name of Irish and Celtic origin meaning “son of Madoc.” In 2024 it was given to 1,665 boys in the United States.
Maddox belongs to the Irish & Celtic tradition. Its meaning — “son of Madoc” — is the sense carried by its Irish and Celtic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Maddox first appears in Social Security records in 1995. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #136 in 2017, and in 2024 1,665 babies received the name — 45,438 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Maddox means “son of Madoc” in its Irish and Celtic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Maddox is a boy name. In 2024, 1,665 babies received the name in the US.
Maddox comes from the Irish & Celtic tradition.
Maddox first appears in US records in 1995. Its best-ever ranking was #136 in 2017, and 1,665 babies were given the name in 2024.
Maddox is pronounced /ˈmædəks/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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