# Jaxton (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jaxton/  
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 | 11,035 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 11,035 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 48, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Modern American coinage from Jax, Jaxon, rhyming with Axton, Paxton, Daxton.

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 416 | 597 |
| 2012 | 519 | 511 |
| 2013 | 587 | 473 |
| 2014 | 649 | 457 |
| 2015 | 761 | 410 |
| 2016 | 801 | 396 |
| 2017 | 892 | 372 |
| 2018 | 966 | 345 |
| 2019 | 810 | 387 |
| 2020 | 828 | 375 |
| 2021 | 668 | 455 |
| 2022 | 651 | 472 |
| 2023 | 551 | 537 |
| 2024 | 466 | 611 |
| 2025 | 410 | 667 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,254 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## 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.