Fun Facts About the Name Paxton
- More than 30 thousand babies named Paxton: U.S. records list 30,311 babies given the name Paxton from 1880 through 2025. Even 2,124 girls received the name Paxton - about 1 girl for every 13 boys.
What Does the Name Paxton Mean?
Paxton is an English name meaning "Pacc's town" or "Pacc's settlement." It comes from an Old English place-name formed from the personal name Pacc and the element tūn, which meant an enclosure, farmstead, estate, or settlement. The literal sense is "the settlement associated with Pacc," and the x reflects the Old English genitive form Paccestūn, where the -es after Pacc produced a /ks/ sound. The meaning of the personal name Pacc is uncertain. The name does not come from Latin pax ("peace"), despite the resemblance; the first element is the Old English personal name.
Paxton Name History & Origins
The place-name Paxton belongs to Paxton in Huntingdonshire, now part of Cambridgeshire, England. Its Old English form was something like Paccestūn. The village appears in the Domesday Book in a form written as Pachestone, and the place-name later settled into the spelling Paxton. The English surname Paxton came from this place-name, used by people who lived at or came from the village. It is a habitational surname: it identified a person by the place he came from, and like other such surnames it became hereditary in the later Middle Ages.
The first name Paxton is a modern use of the surname. It is not a traditional saint's name or a biblical name, and it entered given-name use through the surname rather than through religious or literary tradition. It is used mainly for boys in English-speaking countries.
How Popular is the Name Paxton?
Paxton recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2016. Its best rank was #203 in 2016.
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 | #3,239 | 49 | 0.0030% |
| 2024 | #3,201 | 50 | 0.0031% |
| 2023 | #2,694 | 65 | 0.0041% |
| 2022 | #2,203 | 86 | 0.0052% |
| 2021 | #2,380 | 76 | 0.0046% |
| 2020 | #2,392 | 74 | 0.0046% |
| 2019 | #2,227 | 83 | 0.0049% |
| 2018 | #2,175 | 87 | 0.0051% |
| 2017 | #2,069 | 95 | 0.0055% |
| 2016 | #2,143 | 91 | 0.0051% |
| 2015 | #2,612 | 69 | 0.0039% |
| 2014 | #2,881 | 60 | 0.0034% |
| 2013 | #3,068 | 54 | 0.0031% |
| 2012 | #3,408 | 48 | 0.0027% |
| 2011 | #3,124 | 54 | 0.0031% |
| 2010 | #3,040 | 56 | 0.0032% |
| 2009 | #3,721 | 43 | 0.0023% |
| 2008 | #3,519 | 47 | 0.0025% |
| 2007 | #4,192 | 37 | 0.0019% |
| 2006 | #3,660 | 43 | 0.0023% |
| 2005 | #4,463 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 2004 | #3,379 | 45 | 0.0025% |
| 2003 | #2,696 | 59 | 0.0032% |
| 2002 | #2,846 | 53 | 0.0029% |
| 2001 | #3,244 | 43 | 0.0024% |
| 2000 | #2,301 | 68 | 0.0037% |
| 1999 | #2,124 | 72 | 0.0041% |
| 1998 | #2,559 | 54 | 0.0031% |
| 1997 | #1,924 | 76 | 0.0044% |
| 1996 | #1,911 | 76 | 0.0043% |
| 1995 | #2,092 | 65 | 0.0037% |
| 1994 | #1,292 | 132 | 0.0074% |
| 1993 | #2,709 | 45 | 0.0025% |
| 1992 | #4,485 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 1991 | #6,172 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #338 | 988 | 0.0578% |
| 2024 | #288 | 1,165 | 0.0679% |
| 2023 | #257 | 1,356 | 0.0794% |
| 2022 | #257 | 1,349 | 0.0773% |
| 2021 | #255 | 1,392 | 0.0796% |
| 2020 | #262 | 1,301 | 0.0754% |
| 2019 | #252 | 1,450 | 0.0809% |
| 2018 | #221 | 1,694 | 0.0933% |
| 2017 | #207 | 1,909 | 0.1032% |
| 2016 | #203 | 1,993 | 0.1050% |
| 2015 | #229 | 1,677 | 0.0875% |
| 2014 | #260 | 1,432 | 0.0746% |
| 2013 | #262 | 1,356 | 0.0717% |
| 2012 | #242 | 1,496 | 0.0789% |
| 2011 | #273 | 1,287 | 0.0678% |
| 2010 | #296 | 1,110 | 0.0579% |
| 2009 | #327 | 979 | 0.0494% |
| 2008 | #420 | 697 | 0.0342% |
| 2007 | #565 | 456 | 0.0220% |
| 2006 | #780 | 267 | 0.0130% |
| 2005 | #872 | 211 | 0.0106% |
| 2004 | #883 | 197 | 0.0099% |
| 2003 | #943 | 174 | 0.0088% |
| 2002 | #846 | 197 | 0.0101% |
| 2001 | #952 | 162 | 0.0083% |
| 2000 | #947 | 161 | 0.0082% |
| 1999 | #897 | 168 | 0.0087% |
| 1998 | #917 | 156 | 0.0082% |
| 1997 | #940 | 144 | 0.0076% |
| 1996 | #1,235 | 91 | 0.0048% |
| 1995 | #1,181 | 97 | 0.0051% |
| 1994 | #1,109 | 104 | 0.0054% |
| 1993 | #1,336 | 73 | 0.0037% |
| 1992 | #1,412 | 66 | 0.0033% |
| 1991 | #1,857 | 43 | 0.0021% |
| 1990 | #3,567 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 1989 | #1,984 | 37 | 0.0018% |
| 1988 | #2,418 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 1987 | #3,040 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1986 | #2,342 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 1985 | #2,484 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 1984 | #2,600 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1983 | #2,644 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1982 | #2,675 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1981 | #2,552 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1980 | #2,425 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1979 | #2,532 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1978 | #2,539 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 1977 | #2,048 | 24 | 0.0015% |
| 1976 | #1,917 | 26 | 0.0017% |
| 1975 | #2,185 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 1974 | #1,492 | 35 | 0.0022% |
| 1973 | #1,324 | 40 | 0.0026% |
| 1972 | #1,206 | 47 | 0.0029% |
| 1971 | #1,121 | 54 | 0.0031% |
| 1970 | #1,203 | 48 | 0.0026% |
| 1969 | #1,555 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 1968 | #2,868 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1967 | #2,440 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1966 | #2,425 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1965 | #3,472 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1964 | #2,623 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1963 | #3,260 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1962 | #2,633 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1961 | #1,987 | 18 | 0.0008% |
| 1960 | #3,575 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1958 | #2,767 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1956 | #3,137 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1955 | #4,250 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1952 | #4,127 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1949 | #3,608 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1948 | #4,057 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1947 | #2,821 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1938 | #3,912 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1935 | #4,027 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1931 | #3,664 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1928 | #4,591 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1925 | #4,083 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1924 | #3,768 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1923 | #3,392 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1921 | #3,793 | 7 | 0.0006% |
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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