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Daxton

#379 in 2025Boys' name

Elaboration of Dax

Daxton has been given to 14,934 babies in the U.S. since 1970. In 2025 it ranked #379 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2019, with 1,276 recorded.

Babies named Daxton, 2025

1 in 3,980

Daxton over time, 1880–2025

Boys
05001K1.5K18801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Daxton: meaning, origin, and history

Elaboration of Dax

coinages

What Daxton means

Daxton is a elaboration of Dax.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Daxton is used in English (Modern).

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈdæk.stən/ for Daxton.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Modern American coinage, rhyming with Axton, Paxton, Jaxton.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Daxton (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Daxton is used in English. Its origins include coinages.

Daxton is a modern formation.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Dax.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 14,934 boys were recorded with the name Daxton between 1970 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 1,276 in 2019; its best national rank was #279 in 2019.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #288 in 2020 to #379 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #381 in 2015 to #379 in 2025.

How common is Daxton?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 3,980
834 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 2,050
0.05% of boys
Rank, 2025
#379
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
2,756 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Daxton sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 1002%
School of 50012%

Put another way: gather 2,756 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Daxton. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Daxtons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Daxton was born before 2018 — so the typical Daxton is around 7 today.

Median birth year
2018
About 7 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
49.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
97.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
14,934
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 49.3% of all recorded uses (7,355).

Is Daxton rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+32
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−91
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+2
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
0.98×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
65.4%
Peak was 2019 (1,276)
Years since peak
6
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
17.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#279
2019

Spellings of Daxton

Daxton is not the most common spelling — Jaxon is, with 12.9% against Daxton's 1.7%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Daxton is used

Across 2016–2025, Daxton was most concentrated in Wyoming — about 1 in 373 boys, against 1 in 1,511 across all states with data. It was least common in Connecticut (1 in 9,091).

11268 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Wyoming1 in 373
  2. 2North Dakota1 in 426
  3. 3South Dakota1 in 441
  4. 4Idaho1 in 452
  5. 5Utah1 in 463
  6. 6Montana1 in 505
  7. 7Oklahoma1 in 508
  8. 8Arkansas1 in 575

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Geographically, Daxton is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 69% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Daxton around the world

Where Daxton ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2009–2025
    #2,440
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1995–2024
    #486
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2011–2011
    #784
    in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Daxton by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#379
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 91
Best rank ever
#279
2019
Peak year
2019
1,276 that year
First recorded
1970
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
14,934
Count in 2025
834

Names similar to Daxton

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

DaytonKoltonLaytonKentonJaxtonBostonBentonKeatonBurtonBartonPaytonWiltonNewtonPaxtonSuttonBrentonHiltonKeltonWaltonHoustonSheltonTristonDentonElton

Names with a curve like Daxton

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Daxton, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

OdinJensenFinleyBodhiKillianKaysonZayneRaidenSullivanKysonHendrixRemy

Sibling names for Daxton

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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