How rare is the name Jaxon?

76,200 people in the United States have the first name Jaxon, about 1 in 3,964. It ranks #687 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JAXON

#687

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
76,200
About
1 in 3,964
This common or more
64.2%
Who bears it

Of the 76,200 people named Jaxon, 72.1% reported their origin as White, 11.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 8% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jaxon peaked in 2016, when 8,165 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19722025
Peak year
2016
Births that year
8,165
In 2025*
3,080 ▼62%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 114,055 babies have been given the name since 1972. 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.

Jaxon by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #77. The largest share of babies named Jaxon, 71.9%, were born in 2013 or later.

1970s#14,07234
1980s#10,15198
1990s#2,4271,176
2000s#43315,839
2010s#7769,423
2020s#11827,485
Generation X 1965–800%
Millennials 1981–960.4%
Generation Z 1997–1227.7%
2013 and later71.9%

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 Jaxon is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jaxon has been most common in Utah (3.1×), Nevada (2.5×), and Idaho (2.4×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.09×).

112,915 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.

Spelled almost the same

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

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