Fox

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Primarily a boy's name · 97% boys

Meaning

Fox is a unisex, primarily masculine, given name, a transferred use of the English surname meaning “fox.” In some instances, it might have been used as a given name in honor of George Fox, the founder of the Quaker movement.

From Wikipedia

Fox first appears in the data in 1888 and has been recorded in 33 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2016 with 327 babies (rank #744 that year). In 2024 it was given to 192 boys (rank #1,111). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Fox

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Fox yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

3,857
Total babies (all years)
33
Years in the data
327
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
18885#1,087
19305#4,206
19335#3,838
199519#3,471
199628#2,699
199743#2,072
199842#2,170
199946#2,076
200038#2,494
200144#2,289
200228#3,211
200341#2,521
200453#2,198
200555#2,191
200641#2,803
200765#2,099
200881#1,815
200991#1,711
201090#1,701
201187#1,705
201296#1,620
2013151#1,188
2014164#1,155
2015195#1,035
2016327#744
2017306#767
2018285#794
2019243#906
2020243#919
2021242#933
2022221#1,007
2023188#1,122
2024192#1,111