# Axton (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/axton/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “stone” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,677 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,672 / 5 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 134, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Axton, Kent, Old English Acca (a personal name) + Old English stan (“stone”).

## What it means

Axton is grouped under mountain.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 | 15,873 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 127 | 1,332 |
| 2012 | 222 | 925 |
| 2013 | 247 | 862 |
| 2014 | 310 | 758 |
| 2015 | 359 | 701 |
| 2016 | 339 | 723 |
| 2017 | 418 | 624 |
| 2018 | 460 | 594 |
| 2019 | 441 | 620 |
| 2020 | 451 | 606 |
| 2021 | 464 | 600 |
| 2022 | 429 | 642 |
| 2023 | 393 | 686 |
| 2024 | 297 | 834 |
| 2025 | 262 | 906 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 2,863 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2,728 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,635 |
| 2021 | 22 | 1,218 |
| 2022 | 13 | 1,781 |
| 2023 | 20 | 1,309 |
| 2024 | 24 | 1,162 |
| 2025 | 16 | 1,613 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.