Fox

Boy name

Fox has been given to 3,988 babies in the U.S. since 1888. It peaked in 2016.

Meaning & origin

surname): From fox (“a vulpine animal”)

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

3,988

Peak year

2016 (339 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1888

10-year trend

▼ -36%

Gender split

2% girls / 98% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Fox.

3,961 babies since 1949

3,955 babies since 1915

4,034 babies since 1880

4,042 babies since 1968

4,043 babies since 1880

3,930 babies since 2002

3,924 babies since 1891

3,924 babies since 2009

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