Fox
#2,053 most common boys' name of all time · #4,910 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1888–2025
Rank among boys
#2,053
Rank overall
#4,910 of 105,966
First appeared
1888
Years on the list
34 of 146
All-time
3,988
Since 2016
2,462
Peak year
2016 #744
Best rank
#744 2016
Girls
Boys
peak 339/yr
Fox first appears in 1888. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 129 | 129 | #1,411 |
| 2024 | 6 | 192 | 198 | #1,114 |
| 2023 | 9 | 190 | 199 | #1,111 |
| 2022 | 9 | 221 | 230 | #1,009 |
| 2021 | 12 | 242 | 254 | #934 |
| 2020 | 7 | 243 | 250 | #920 |
| 2019 | 9 | 243 | 252 | #906 |
| 2018 | 10 | 285 | 295 | #795 |
| 2017 | 10 | 306 | 316 | #770 |
| 2016 | 12 | 327 | 339 | #744 |
| 2015 | 6 | 195 | 201 | #1,035 |
| 2014 | 7 | 164 | 171 | #1,154 |
| 2013 | — | 151 | 151 | #1,188 |
| 2012 | — | 96 | 96 | #1,619 |
| 2011 | — | 87 | 87 | #1,708 |
| 2010 | — | 90 | 90 | #1,699 |
| 2009 | — | 91 | 91 | #1,709 |
| 2008 | — | 81 | 81 | #1,815 |
| 2007 | — | 65 | 65 | #2,095 |
| 2006 | — | 41 | 41 | #2,788 |
| 2005 | — | 55 | 55 | #2,185 |
| 2004 | — | 53 | 53 | #2,194 |
| 2003 | — | 41 | 41 | #2,511 |
| 2002 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,192 |
| 2001 | — | 44 | 44 | #2,279 |
| 2000 | — | 38 | 38 | #2,484 |
| 1999 | — | 46 | 46 | #2,067 |
| 1998 | — | 42 | 42 | #2,165 |
| 1997 | — | 43 | 43 | #2,063 |
| 1996 | — | 28 | 28 | #2,686 |
| 1995 | — | 19 | 19 | #3,448 |
| 1933 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,714 |
| 1930 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,079 |
| 1888 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,156 |