Maddux
A masculine name derived from English mats meaning "meadow of the Saxon tribe".
Name Census estimates that about 3,937 living Americans carry the first name Maddux. It is a predominantly male name (93.6% of registrations). The average person named Maddux today is around 12 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Maddux births was 2017 (233 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Maddux. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
Key insights
- • Maddux is a relatively new arrival in the SSA data. The average bearer is just 12 years old, meaning it gained most of its traction in the last two decades.
People living today
3.9K
~ 1 in 87,060 Americans
Peak year
2017
233 babies that year
Average age
12
years old
2024 SSA rank
#1,397
Tracked since 1996
Census
Maddux in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 3,022 people with the first name Maddux, which placed it at #5,607 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#5,607
National first-name rank
People counted
3.0K
3,022 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
1.0
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
78.4% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Maddux
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Maddux is White at 78.4%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (11.0%) and Two or More Races (6.2%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Maddux described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Maddux at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White78.4% · 2,368
- Hispanic or Latino11.0% · 333
- Two or more races6.2% · 188
- Asian and Pacific Islander1.8% · 55
- Black or African American1.3% · 40
- American Indian and Alaska Native1.3% · 38
Gender
Gender distribution for Maddux
Maddux leans heavily male at 93.6% of total registrations, but 254 girls have also been registered with the name over the years, giving it a small but present crossover presence.
Maddux as a male name
- Ranked #1,397 in 2024
- 134 male births in 2024
- Peak: 2018 (222 births)
Maddux as a female name
- Ranked #7,795 in 2024
- 14 female births in 2024
- Peak: 2017 (20 births)
2020 Census snapshot
In the 2020 Census sex table, Maddux leans strongly male. 2,824 people counted with this name were male (93.5%), compared with 195 female bearers (6.5%).
Popularity
Maddux: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Maddux from the 1990s through to the 2020s, spanning 4 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 1,988 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Maddux remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Maddux by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Maddux during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Maddux' live
The SSA's state-level files cover 32 states and territories. Illinois, California, Texas recorded the most babies named Maddux, while Oregon, New York, Minnesota recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 75 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Maddux
The name Maddux is an anglicized form of the Welsh name Madog, which itself is derived from the Welsh word "mad," meaning "good" or "fortunate." The name has its origins in the 6th century and was particularly prevalent among the ancient Britons who inhabited modern-day Wales.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Madog can be found in the medieval Welsh chronicles, where it is mentioned as the name of a 6th-century prince of Gwynedd, a ancient kingdom in northwest Wales. This Madog ap Gwalchmai is believed to have lived between 550 and 600 AD.
The name gained further prominence in the 12th century with the legendary figure of Madog ab Owain Gwynedd, a Welsh prince who, according to folklore, sailed to the Americas in 1170, nearly three centuries before Christopher Columbus. While the veracity of these accounts is debated, Madog ab Owain Gwynedd's story has become an integral part of Welsh mythology.
Throughout the Middle Ages, the name Madog was widely used among the Welsh nobility and ruling classes. Notable bearers of the name include Madog ap Gruffydd Maelor (c. 1070–1110), a Welsh prince and patron of the arts, and Madog ap Llywelyn (c. 1191–1240), a prominent Welsh military leader and landowner.
As the name evolved into its anglicized form, Maddux, it gained popularity in the English-speaking world. One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Maddux is found in the 16th century, with Sir Maddux Browne (c. 1510–1583), an English politician and member of Parliament during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.
In more recent times, the name Maddux has been associated with notable figures such as Greg Maddux (born 1966), a former professional baseball pitcher and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, and Michael Maddux (born 1961), a former Major League Baseball pitcher and current coaching staff member of the St. Louis Cardinals.
Other notable individuals with the first name Maddux include Maddux Haynie (born 1991), an American professional soccer player, and Maddux Bruns (born 2002), an American child actor known for his roles in various television shows and films.
People
Maddux + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Maddux as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with M
Other first names starting with M with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Maddux: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Maddux?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 3,937 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Maddux going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 87,060 US residents.
Is Maddux a common name?
We classify Maddux as "Rare". It ranks above 96% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 3,971 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Maddux most popular?
The single biggest year for Maddux was 2017, when 233 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Maddux is about 12 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Maddux in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 3,022 people with the name Maddux, or 1.00 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #5,607 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Maddux in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Maddux?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Maddux leans strongly male. 2,824 people counted with this name were male (93.5%), compared with 195 female bearers (6.5%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Maddux?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Maddux is White at 78.4%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (11.0%) and Two or More Races (6.2%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Maddux most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Maddux in the 2020 Census, accounting for 78.4% (2,368 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Maddux in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Maddux a male name?
Yes, 93.6% of people registered as Maddux in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Maddux still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Maddux in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Maddux can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people are called Maddux?
You can see how many people have the name Maddux on our sister site HowManyOfMe.org — same data roots, lighter UI.