Meaning and history
Either from the English word fox or from the surname Fox, which originated as a nickname. The surname was borne by George Fox (1624–1691), founder of the Quakers.
20062006: 41 births, rank #2,784
2007: 65 births, rank #2,094
2008: 81 births, rank #1,813
2009: 91 births, rank #1,708
2010: 90 births, rank #1,697
20112011: 87 births, rank #1,703
2012: 96 births, rank #1,617
2013: 151 births, rank #1,186
2014: 164 births, rank #1,153
2015: 195 births, rank #1,035
20162016: 327 births, rank #744
2017: 306 births, rank #767
2018: 285 births, rank #794
2019: 243 births, rank #905
2020: 243 births, rank #920
20212021: 242 births, rank #933
2022: 221 births, rank #1,007
2023: 190 births, rank #1,111
2024: 192 births, rank #1,114
20252025: 129 births, rank #1,409
Fox moved from #920 to #933 for boys between 2020 and 2021. Its highest annual birth count came in 2016, with 327 births.