How rare is the name Jaxson?

44,556 people in the United States have the first name Jaxson, about 1 in 6,779. It ranks #974 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JAXSON

#974

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
44,556
About
1 in 6,779
This common or more
69.7%
Who bears it

Of the 44,556 people named Jaxson, 73.7% reported their origin as White, 11.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 7.2% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jaxson peaked in 2015, when 5,080 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19912025
Peak year
2015
Births that year
5,080
In 2025*
2,365 ▼53%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 68,669 babies have been given the name since 1991. 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.

Jaxson by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #154. The largest share of babies named Jaxson, 75.5%, were born in 2013 or later.

1990s#4,857413
2000s#7917,563
2010s#15442,488
2020s#20718,205
Millennials 1981–960.1%
Generation Z 1997–1224.4%
2013 and later75.5%

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 Jaxson is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jaxson has been most common in Nevada (2.7×), Alaska (2×), and Utah (1.9×), and least common in New York (0.52×).

67,904 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 Jaxson, most common first.

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