Given name & surname
Mattox
“a gift from God”
Mattox is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “a gift from God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “a gift from God.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
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
Mattox through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 702
- 678 boys · 24 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 47 babies
- 2025
- 17
- #5,527 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −40%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 17 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,527 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 40.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 47 in 2015. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 597 as a first name in 2020; 9,701 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.
Mattox’s family of names
Mattox has a related form in Matthew. Mattox has a related form in Matox. Mattox has a related form in Matoxx.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
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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