# Brixton (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/brixton/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | “the stone of brixi (a saxon lord)” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɹɪkstən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,841 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,549 / 292 (6% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 18, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

(district of London): Thought to originate from Brixistane, meaning "the stone of Brixi (a Saxon lord)".

## What it means

Brixton 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 11,342 |
| 2012 | 15 | 7,889 |
| 2013 | 15 | 7,823 |
| 2014 | 14 | 8,133 |
| 2015 | 24 | 5,496 |
| 2016 | 19 | 6,466 |
| 2017 | 17 | 6,862 |
| 2018 | 18 | 6,572 |
| 2019 | 13 | 8,217 |
| 2020 | 24 | 5,188 |
| 2021 | 37 | 3,946 |
| 2022 | 24 | 5,342 |
| 2023 | 13 | 8,134 |
| 2024 | 20 | 5,987 |
| 2025 | 14 | 7,559 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 66 | 2,039 |
| 2012 | 65 | 2,092 |
| 2013 | 115 | 1,433 |
| 2014 | 155 | 1,190 |
| 2015 | 210 | 984 |
| 2016 | 249 | 878 |
| 2017 | 243 | 885 |
| 2018 | 298 | 779 |
| 2019 | 341 | 718 |
| 2020 | 443 | 616 |
| 2021 | 531 | 549 |
| 2022 | 461 | 608 |
| 2023 | 418 | 653 |
| 2024 | 422 | 653 |
| 2025 | 349 | 744 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |

## 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.