How rare is the name Jaxen?

4,157 people in the United States have the first name Jaxen, about 1 in 72,656. It ranks #4,474 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

JAXEN

#4,474

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,157
About
1 in 72,656
This common or more
84.1%
Who bears it

Of the 4,157 people named Jaxen, 69.7% reported their origin as White, 13.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 8% as two or more races. 98.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jaxen peaked in 2013, when 563 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19982025
Peak year
2013
Births that year
563
In 2025*
122 ▼78%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 5,691 babies have been given the name since 1998. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Jaxen by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,411. The largest share of babies named Jaxen, 63.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1990s#21,56337
2000s#3,522924
2010s#1,4113,767
2020s#2,591963
Generation Z 1997–1236.6%
2013 and later63.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Jaxen is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jaxen has been most common in Nevada (3×), Utah (3×), and Oklahoma (1.9×), and least common in New Jersey (0.27×).

4,302 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Jaxen

2 other first names also have 4,157 people.

#4,474 Aris · 4,157#4,474 Rosalio · 4,157

Either side of Jaxen

#4,473 Dany · 4,158#4,474 Aris · 4,157#4,474 Rosalio · 4,157#4,477 Kynlee · 4,156

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jaxen, most common first.

#687 Jaxon · 76,200#4,830 Jasen · 3,732#7,417 Jacen · 2,061#9,540 Jaxsen · 1,449#11,649 Jaxyn · 1,093#14,924 Jaxin · 780#41,825 Jaken · 174#47,514 Jazen · 137

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