Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Fawkes isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2009. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fawkes through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 81
- 81 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −29%
- Easing
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15 in 2018. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 402 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Fawkes’s family of names
In English usage, Fawkes as a surname has an alternative spelling in FAULKS. In English usage, Fawkes as a surname has a related form in FAULKS. In English usage, Fawkes as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Фокс.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.