Fun Facts About the Name Maddix
- More than 2 thousand babies named Maddix: U.S. records list 2,481 babies given the name Maddix from 1880 through 2025. Even 384 girls received the name Maddix - about 1 girl for every 5 boys.
What Does the Name Maddix Mean?
Maddix is chiefly a modern respelling of the English surname and given name Maddox, which is Welsh in origin and means "son of Madog." The surname was formed from the Welsh personal name Madog (also written Madawg) by adding the English patronymic ending -s. Madog is generally explained as a diminutive form built on the older Welsh element mad, usually glossed as "fortunate," "good," or "blessed," so the fuller sense is something like "son of the fortunate one."
That gloss is a customary translation rather than a fully documented derivation: the deeper origin of mad is not settled, and sources vary between "fortunate" and "good" as the core idea. The resemblance of Maddix to unrelated names such as Madison or Matthew is coincidental; they do not share an origin, and Maddix is not a short form of either.
Maddix Name History & Origins
Madog was a common personal name in medieval Wales. It was borne by Madog ap Maredudd, the last ruler of a united Powys, who died in 1160, and by Madog ap Owain Gwynedd, a twelfth-century prince of Gwynedd. A later tradition, first recorded in the sixteenth century and repeated in David Powel's 1584 history of Wales, credits a Madog ab Owain Gwynedd with sailing to North America in the twelfth century and leaving a Welsh colony there. That voyage story is a legend; it is not supported by contemporary evidence and should be treated as traditional narrative rather than documented history.
The surname Maddox, along with the related forms Maddock and Maddocks, arose in the Welsh Marches, the border country of Shropshire, Herefordshire, and neighboring parts of Wales, where Welsh personal names were adopted by English-speaking families and given the English genitive -s. Bearers of the surname are recorded in that region from the late Middle Ages onward, and the name later spread with emigration from Britain.
Maddox began to be used as a given name in the English-speaking world in the twentieth century, especially in the United States, where surnames of this type were increasingly adopted as first names. The spelling Maddix is a later phonetic respelling of that given name, matching its English pronunciation with a final -iks. Because it is a respelling rather than a separate name, Maddix carries the same derivation and meaning as Maddox.
How Popular is the Name Maddix?
Maddix has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2015. Its best rank was #1,315 in 2015.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,582 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 2024 | #6,524 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2023 | #7,495 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2022 | #5,891 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 2021 | #7,497 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2020 | #5,111 | 25 | 0.0015% |
| 2019 | #5,544 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 2018 | #5,929 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2017 | #4,763 | 29 | 0.0017% |
| 2016 | #4,795 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 2015 | #6,619 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2014 | #6,611 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2013 | #7,254 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2012 | #7,335 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2011 | #14,231 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2010 | #12,997 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2009 | #8,720 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2008 | #7,267 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2007 | #11,314 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2006 | #6,045 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2005 | #8,650 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2004 | #11,262 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2003 | #15,010 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,866 | 44 | 0.0026% |
| 2024 | #2,159 | 68 | 0.0040% |
| 2023 | #1,960 | 79 | 0.0046% |
| 2022 | #2,071 | 73 | 0.0042% |
| 2021 | #2,122 | 68 | 0.0039% |
| 2020 | #1,703 | 92 | 0.0053% |
| 2019 | #1,708 | 93 | 0.0052% |
| 2018 | #1,380 | 128 | 0.0071% |
| 2017 | #1,452 | 118 | 0.0064% |
| 2016 | #1,335 | 134 | 0.0071% |
| 2015 | #1,315 | 135 | 0.0070% |
| 2014 | #1,500 | 108 | 0.0056% |
| 2013 | #1,430 | 116 | 0.0061% |
| 2012 | #1,389 | 121 | 0.0064% |
| 2011 | #1,465 | 112 | 0.0059% |
| 2010 | #1,387 | 121 | 0.0063% |
| 2009 | #1,526 | 109 | 0.0055% |
| 2008 | #1,426 | 118 | 0.0058% |
| 2007 | #1,922 | 74 | 0.0036% |
| 2006 | #1,982 | 68 | 0.0033% |
| 2005 | #2,154 | 57 | 0.0029% |
| 2004 | #3,126 | 32 | 0.0016% |
| 2003 | #3,801 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2002 | #10,172 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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