Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Maddix is a form of Maddox. Maddox comes from Welsh.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2002. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maddix through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,484
- 2,099 boys · 385 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 163 babies
- 2025
- 53
- #2,866 for boys · #10,582 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −41%
- Cooling
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 81% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 44 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,866 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 41.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 135 in 2015. It also appeared in 9 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,728 as a first name in 2020; 839 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.
Maddix’s family of names
In English usage, Maddix as a surname has a related form in Maddox.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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