girls:
240 births since 1997
#5476 (4th percentile)
boys:
3.6k births since 1996
#2076 (55th percentile)
overall:
3.8k births since 1996
#4446 (43rd percentile)
The name Maddux is the #4,446 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,821 recorded births since 1996. This represents the 42.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 42.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,076 (54.7% percentile) for all time with 3,581 births since 1996. For girls, it ranks #5,476 (4.2% percentile) for all time with 240 births since 1997.
Maddux first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1996 (1996 for boys and 1997 for girls).
The name Maddux has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 93.7% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 94.9% of babies named Maddux were boys.
For boys, Maddux reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 23.8% percentile (ranked #696) with 114 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 114 births per million (ranked 23.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Maddux ranks #768 for boys (15.7% percentile) with 81 births per million, which is 70.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Maddux reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #934) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Maddux ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 43.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Maddux".
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