# Jaxen (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jaxen/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,691 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,647 / 44 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 178, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Rare fanciful spelling of Jackson.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 5 | 16,567 |
| 2003 | 5 | 16,836 |
| 2011 | 11 | 10,007 |
| 2012 | 8 | 12,722 |
| 2013 | 9 | 11,398 |
| 2014 | 6 | 15,413 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 419 | 595 |
| 2012 | 452 | 572 |
| 2013 | 554 | 493 |
| 2014 | 498 | 553 |
| 2015 | 395 | 655 |
| 2016 | 342 | 715 |
| 2017 | 329 | 726 |
| 2018 | 294 | 783 |
| 2019 | 218 | 980 |
| 2020 | 215 | 993 |
| 2021 | 206 | 1,043 |
| 2022 | 173 | 1,182 |
| 2023 | 126 | 1,443 |
| 2024 | 121 | 1,489 |
| 2025 | 122 | 1,462 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,194 |
| 2012 | 11 | 1,962 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2015 | 22 | 1,186 |
| 2016 | 17 | 1,498 |
| 2017 | 13 | 1,812 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1,683 |
| 2019 | 13 | 1,745 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2,960 |
| 2021 | 16 | 1,516 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2,018 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## 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.