How rare is the name Jaxton?

6,497 people in the United States have the first name Jaxton, about 1 in 46,488. It ranks #3,287 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

JAXTON

#3,287

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,497
About
1 in 46,488
This common or more
82.1%
Who bears it

Of the 6,497 people named Jaxton, 75.6% reported their origin as White, 9.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 7.7% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jaxton peaked in 2018, when 966 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19972025
Peak year
2018
Births that year
966
In 2025*
410 ▼58%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 11,035 babies have been given the name since 1997. 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.

Jaxton by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #925. The largest share of babies named Jaxton, 81.9%, were born in 2013 or later.

1990s#25,70223
2000s#4,020765
2010s#9256,673
2020s#1,0213,574
Generation Z 1997–1218.1%
2013 and later81.9%

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 Jaxton is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jaxton has been most common in Utah (5.4×), Idaho (3.1×), and Oklahoma (2.5×), and least common in New Jersey (0.19×).

10,252 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 Jaxton

2 other first names also have 6,497 people.

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jaxton, most common first.

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