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
- Peak · boys
- 2016 · 327 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,891since 1888
Fox over time
Rank among boys' names. Fox has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,409 | 129 | |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | #1,114 | 192 |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 | #1,111 | 190 |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 | #1,007 | 221 |
| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 | #933 | 242 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | #920 | 243 |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 | #905 | 243 |
| 2018 | #9,806 | 10 | #794 | 285 |
| 2017 | #9,943 | 10 | #767 | 306 |
| 2016 | #8,875 | 12 | #744 | 327 |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | #1,035 | 195 |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | #1,153 | 164 |
| 2013 | — | #1,186 | 151 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,617 | 96 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,703 | 87 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,697 | 90 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,708 | 91 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,813 | 81 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,094 | 65 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,784 | 41 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,182 | 55 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,193 | 53 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,507 | 41 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,188 | 28 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,277 | 44 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,476 | 38 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,063 | 46 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,157 | 42 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,060 | 43 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,679 | 28 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,432 | 19 | |
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | #3,642 | 5 | |
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | #4,001 | 5 | |
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #1,031 | 5 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
See more about Fox
- 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)
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 2016 at #744 (327 births)
- Births halved by 2025, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 2016–2021
- 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%)
- 50.0% of all boys named Fox (1,944) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,031 (1888) | #1,031 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 0 | — | — |
| 1920s | 0 | — | — |
| 1930s | 10 | #3,642 (1933) | #3,822 |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 178 | #2,060 (1997) | #2,478 |
| 2000s | 537 | #1,708 (2009) | #2,322 |
| 2010s | 1,944 | #744 (2016) | #1,160 |
| 2020s | 1,217 | #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 2016
Top girls' names in 2016
Top boys' names in 2016
More about 2016
girls
1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 147,669 of them was named Fox, which outranked 53.0% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #8,393Zurii13
- #8,393Zyion13
- #8,393Zykeria13
- #8,875Fox12
- #8,875Abcde12
- #8,875Aberdeen12
- #8,875Abigal12
- #9,411Aabriella11
- #9,411Aaditri11
- #9,411Aaila11
Tied with 535 names at #8,875; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 5,803 of them was named Fox, which outranked 94.8% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).