girls:
330 births since 1946
#5386 (6th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1942
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
335 births since 1942
#7404 (4th percentile)
The name Rox is the #7,404 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 335 recorded births since 1942. This represents the 4.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,386 (5.7% percentile) for all time with 330 births since 1946. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1942.
Rox first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1942 (1942 for boys and 1946 for girls). Birth data for Rox is available in 25 out of the 39 years between 1942 and 1980 (24 years for girls and 1 years for boys). 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 Rox has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.5% of all recorded births being female. Interestingly, until around 1947, the name was more popular for boys (50.0% boys from 1942 to 1946), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 1947 to 1980).
For girls, Rox reached its peak popularity in 1955, achieving the 5.1% percentile (ranked #691) with 21 births per million. The name was most common in 1955, with 21 births per million (ranked 5.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1980.
For boys, Rox reached its peak popularity in 1942, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #551) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1942, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1942.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rox".
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Our model is 90.5% confident that Rox is pronounced as rahks, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is rawks, at 9.5% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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