How Many People Are Named Fox?
people named Fox are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 86,791 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,988 babies named Fox in Social Security records from 1888 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
339 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Either from the English word fox or the surname Fox, which originally given as a nickname. The surname was borne by George Fox (1624-1691), the founder of the Quakers.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Fox, 2.5% were girls and 97.6% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1990s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 3.4% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Fox alive today is about 10 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 12 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Fox first appears in the records in 1888 and was given most often in 2016, to 339 babies. In 2025, 129 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1888 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Fox has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #744, in 2016. In 2025 it ranked #1,411.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,411 |
| Best rank | #744 (2016) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,029 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Fox alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Fox were born in California than in any other state: about 514 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Fox was given 4.2 times as often in Oregon, 2.8 times in Washington and 2.5 times in Utah.
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