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Jaxen

#1,462 in 2025Boys' name

Variant of Jackson

Jaxen has been given to 5,691 babies in the U.S. since 1998. In 2025 it ranked #1,462 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2013, with 554 recorded.

Babies named Jaxen, 2025

1 in 27,200

Jaxen over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Jaxen: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Jackson

surname transfer

What Jaxen means

Jaxen is a variant of Jackson.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Jaxen → Jackson. The family’s meaning is “son of Jack”, recorded in the naming reference for Jackson.

Origin, language, and formation

Jaxen is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Jaxen is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Jackson.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,647 boys were recorded with the name Jaxen between 1998 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 554 in 2013; its best national rank was #493 in 2013.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #993 in 2020 to #1,462 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #655 in 2015 to #1,462 in 2025.

In the United States, 44 girls were recorded with the name Jaxen between 2002 and 2014. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2011; its best national rank was #10,003 in 2011.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Jaxen?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 27,200
122 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 14,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,462
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
18,836 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jaxen 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 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 18,836 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jaxen. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jaxens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jaxen was born before 2014 — so the typical Jaxen is around 11 today.

Median birth year
2014
About 11 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
66.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
98.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
5,647
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 66.1% of all recorded uses (3,733).

Is Jaxen 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
+27
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−469
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−807
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.31×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
22.0%
Peak was 2013 (554)
Years since peak
12
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
20.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#493
2013

Spellings of Jaxen

Jaxen is not the most common spelling — James is, with 65.7% against Jaxen's 0.07%.

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 Jaxen is used

Across 2016–2025, Jaxen was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 2,941 boys, against 1 in 9,500 across all states with data. It was least common in Maryland (1 in 50,000).

234 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Hawaii1 in 2,941
  2. 2Oklahoma1 in 4,000
  3. 3Georgia1 in 5,556
  4. 4Louisiana1 in 5,882
  5. 5Ohio1 in 6,250
  6. 6West Virginia1 in 6,250
  7. 7Michigan1 in 6,667
  8. 8Missouri1 in 6,667

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.

Jaxen around the world

Where Jaxen 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
    2008–2025
    #4,275
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2014–2022
    #703
    in 2022
  • Northern Ireland
    2018–2018
    #416
    in 2018
  • Ireland
    2018–2018
    #635
    in 2018
  • Canada
    2001–2024
    #1,459
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1990–2013
    #389
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Jaxen by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,462
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 469
Best rank ever
#493
2013
Peak year
2013
554 that year
First recorded
1998
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,647
Count in 2025
122

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#10,003
2011
Peak year
2011
11 that year
First recorded
2002
Last recorded
2014
All-time count
44
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Jaxen

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

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Names with a curve like Jaxen

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

MaysonCamdynJadielKellanKymaniLandryBentleeHarperUrijahBraylinAarushRylen

Sibling names for Jaxen

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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