NameTides

Rox

Rox was the #560 boys' name in Scotland in 2025 (5 babies), and #2,952 in England & Wales.

Rox as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
Rox as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandEngland & Wales
Rox as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland. 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.
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YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern Ireland
2025—#2,952 (7)#560 (5)—
2024—#2,444 (9)——
2023—#2,326 (9)—#395 (3)
2022—#1,469 (17)#590 (4)—
2021—#1,218 (22)——
2020—#1,723 (13)#536 (5)—
1942#3,560 (5)———

Rox as a girl’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Rox as a girl’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020
Rox as a girl’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
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.
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YearUSCanada
1996—#2,562 (5)
1980#10,392 (5)—
1973#6,666 (7)—
1968#5,147 (8)—
1967#6,804 (5)—
1965#4,494 (9)—
1964#6,009 (6)—
1963#3,458 (14)—
1962#4,263 (10)—
1961#2,839 (19)—
1960#2,904 (18)—
1959#2,869 (17)—
1958#2,972 (16)—
1957#2,651 (19)—
1956#2,058 (28)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in England & Wales in 2021 at #1,218.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in England & Wales in 2020.

How common is it?

about 1 in 38,000 baby boys in the published England & Wales 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
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 38,000rare
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Rox is likely to keep falling in England & Wales in 2026: about 1 in 55,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 41,000 to 1 in 74,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RoxCanadaGirls—too few
RoxEngland & WalesBoys#2,9527
RoxNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
RoxScotlandBoys#5605
RoxUSGirls—too few
RoxUSBoys—too few