Paxton

Boy name

Paxton has been given to 30,318 babies in the U.S. since 1921. It peaked in 2016 and currently ranks #338 for boys (2025).

Meaning & origin

From Old English *Pæcces + tūn (literally “settlement of (a person named) *Pæcc”)API.

Origin: surnames

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

30,318

Peak year

2016 (2,084 babies)

Rank in 2025

#338 for boys

First recorded

1921

10-year trend

▼ -41%

Gender split

7% girls / 93% boys

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Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Paxton.

29,322 babies since 1880

28,786 babies since 1915

28,254 babies since 1958

32,435 babies since 1893

32,439 babies since 2000

28,100 babies since 1973

27,880 babies since 1957

32,795 babies since 1902

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