first name
PAXTON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 20,759 people named Paxton, 79.7% reported their origin as White, 7.2% as two or more races and 6.1% as Hispanic or Latino. 92.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Paxton peaked in 2016, when 2,084 babies got the name.
At least 30,318 babies have been given the name since 1921. 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.
Paxton by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #443. The largest share of babies named Paxton, 66%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Paxton is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Paxton has been most common in Idaho (3.4×), Utah (2.8×), and Wyoming (2.3×), and least common in New Jersey (0.27×).
26,823 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.
Either side of Paxton
Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Paxton, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Paxton ranks #3,048 of 156,621, with 11,512 people. See Paxton as a last name
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