Fun Facts About the Name Jaxon
- More than 113 thousand babies named Jaxon: U.S. records list 113,991 babies given the name Jaxon from 1880 through 2025. Even 404 girls received the name Jaxon - about 1 girl for every 281 boys.
What Does the Name Jaxon Mean?
Jaxon is a modern spelling variant of Jackson, an English surname that means 'son of Jack.' The parent surname is patronymic: it joins the Middle English personal name Jack with the suffix -son, meaning 'son of.' Jack itself began as a familiar form of John, the English form of Hebrew Yochanan, usually translated 'Yahweh is gracious' or 'God is gracious.' That ultimate religious meaning belongs to John and to Jack, not directly to the literal surname meaning of Jackson. Jaxon keeps the same etymology; the x spelling represents the same /ks/ sound found in the older ck spelling of Jackson.
Jaxon Name History & Origins
The history of Jaxon is tied to the history of Jackson. Jackson arose in medieval England as a patronymic surname: a man called Jack or one of his descendants could be recorded as 'Jack's son,' which became Jackson. Because Jack was an extremely common nickname for John in the Middle Ages, the surname Jackson spread widely in England and later in English-speaking North America, Scotland, and Ireland. As a given name, Jackson belongs to the long English-language practice of using surnames as first names, and it became common for boys in the United States. The Jaxon spelling is a later variation of that given name. It rewrites the ck of Jackson as x, matching the sound /ks/ in a shorter form, and it follows a broader pattern of modern English respellings rather than reflecting a separate root or language. The short form Jax is sometimes used independently, but it is a nickname derived from the same name. Jaxon does not have a separate medieval or biblical origin; its meaning and linguistic ancestry are those of Jackson.
How Popular is the Name Jaxon?
Jaxon recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2016. Jaxon entered the top 100 U.S. boy names in 2010.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #12,462 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #14,169 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #7,805 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 2022 | #8,749 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2021 | #9,868 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2020 | #7,361 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2019 | #5,685 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 2018 | #5,231 | 25 | 0.0015% |
| 2017 | #5,924 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2016 | #6,272 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2015 | #5,733 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2014 | #5,872 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2013 | #4,471 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 2012 | #5,783 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2011 | #6,428 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2010 | #6,758 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2009 | #9,650 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2008 | #6,918 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2007 | #6,670 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2006 | #8,030 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2005 | #13,610 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2004 | #8,933 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2003 | #13,007 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2002 | #14,351 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2001 | #16,422 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2000 | #16,089 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1997 | #14,699 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #115 | 3,073 | 0.1799% |
| 2024 | #96 | 3,618 | 0.2109% |
| 2023 | #86 | 3,938 | 0.2305% |
| 2022 | #67 | 4,850 | 0.2780% |
| 2021 | #54 | 5,741 | 0.3284% |
| 2020 | #48 | 6,164 | 0.3573% |
| 2019 | #42 | 7,276 | 0.4057% |
| 2018 | #39 | 7,767 | 0.4278% |
| 2017 | #43 | 7,722 | 0.4173% |
| 2016 | #41 | 8,142 | 0.4292% |
| 2015 | #44 | 8,081 | 0.4217% |
| 2014 | #46 | 7,724 | 0.4022% |
| 2013 | #45 | 7,562 | 0.3998% |
| 2012 | #66 | 6,316 | 0.3330% |
| 2011 | #86 | 4,737 | 0.2494% |
| 2010 | #99 | 3,843 | 0.2003% |
| 2009 | #124 | 3,392 | 0.1710% |
| 2008 | #153 | 2,558 | 0.1254% |
| 2007 | #190 | 2,132 | 0.1027% |
| 2006 | #212 | 1,786 | 0.0869% |
| 2005 | #230 | 1,488 | 0.0745% |
| 2004 | #267 | 1,224 | 0.0617% |
| 2003 | #284 | 1,098 | 0.0556% |
| 2002 | #311 | 920 | 0.0474% |
| 2001 | #395 | 639 | 0.0329% |
| 2000 | #477 | 493 | 0.0251% |
| 1999 | #545 | 371 | 0.0193% |
| 1998 | #691 | 244 | 0.0128% |
| 1997 | #862 | 164 | 0.0087% |
| 1996 | #1,076 | 113 | 0.0060% |
| 1995 | #1,384 | 73 | 0.0038% |
| 1994 | #1,393 | 71 | 0.0037% |
| 1993 | #1,684 | 52 | 0.0027% |
| 1992 | #2,107 | 37 | 0.0019% |
| 1991 | #2,366 | 30 | 0.0015% |
| 1990 | #3,686 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1989 | #4,634 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1988 | #4,974 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1987 | #3,839 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1986 | #3,737 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1985 | #4,180 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1984 | #3,558 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1983 | #6,711 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1982 | #4,382 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1981 | #5,174 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1980 | #3,719 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1979 | #4,211 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1978 | #6,235 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1977 | #6,280 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1975 | #5,852 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1973 | #5,438 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1972 | #5,316 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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