girls:
91 births since 2014
#5625 (2nd percentile)
boys:
3.6k births since 1888
#2082 (55th percentile)
overall:
3.7k births since 1888
#4532 (41st percentile)
The name Fox is the #4,532 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,655 recorded births since 1888. This represents the 41.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 41.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,082 (54.6% percentile) for all time with 3,564 births since 1888. For girls, it ranks #5,625 (1.6% percentile) for all time with 91 births since 2014.
Fox first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1888 (1888 for boys and 2014 for girls). Birth data for Fox is available in 32 out of the 136 years between 1888 and 2023 (32 years for boys and 10 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Fox has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.5% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Fox reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 32.7% percentile (ranked #620) with 161 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 161 births per million (ranked 32.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Fox ranks #730 for boys (19.9% percentile) with 102 births per million, which is 62.9% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Fox reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #929) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Fox ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 76.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Fox".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Fox. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 82.1% confident that Fox is pronounced as fahks, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is fawks, at 17.9% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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