NameTides

Fox

Fox was the #1,409 boys' name in the US in 2025 (129 babies), and #856 in England & Wales and #859 in Canada.

Fox as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Fox as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Fox as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,409 (129)#856 (37)———#859 (30)
2024#1,114 (192)#664 (56)#619 (4)——#1,089 (22)
2023#1,111 (190)#728 (46)#614 (4)——#693 (37)
2022#1,007 (221)#540 (71)———#616 (43)
2021#933 (242)#526 (74)#605 (4)—#631 (4)#662 (41)
2020#920 (243)#505 (75)#599 (4)——#639 (40)
2019#905 (243)#435 (94)#516 (5)#418 (3)—#770 (31)
2018#794 (285)#460 (88)#516 (5)——#540 (51)
2017#767 (306)#495 (81)———#489 (58)
2016#744 (327)#521 (75)———#565 (48)
2015#1,035 (195)#740 (44)#686 (3)——#734 (34)
2014#1,153 (164)#916 (32)———#954 (23)
2013#1,186 (151)#1,183 (21)———#1,210 (16)
2012#1,617 (96)#1,270 (20)———#2,158 (7)
2011#1,703 (87)#1,522 (15)#648 (3)——#926 (23)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2016 at #744.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1888.

How common is it?

about 1 in 13,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 13,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 7,400uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Fox is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 13,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 11,000 to 1 in 17,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Fox by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,760NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #604ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,040CAUtah: #561UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #927AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #698OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,555TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Fox (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#79414

Fox (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
FoxCanadaBoys#85930
FoxEngland & WalesGirls—too few
FoxEngland & WalesBoys#85637
FoxIrelandBoys—too few
FoxNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
FoxScotlandBoys—too few
FoxUSGirls—too few
FoxUSBoys#1,409129