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Saxon

#3,118 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

A Saxon

Saxon has been given to 1,737 babies in the U.S. since 1954. In 2025 it ranked #3,118 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 52 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 90% boys, 10% girls all-time.

Babies named Saxon, 2025

1 in 85,000

Saxon over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Saxon over time

In 2025, Saxon went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19142025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Saxon: meaning, origin, and history

A Saxon

surname transfer

What Saxon means

Saxon means “a Saxon”, associated with Saxō.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Partially from Middle English Saxe, Sax; from Old English *Seaxa (attested in plural Seaxan), and Saxoun, from Old French *Saxoun, Saxon (“Saxon”), from Late Latin Saxōnem, accusative of Saxō (“a Saxon”), both from Proto-West Germanic *sahs, from Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“rock, knife”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). Doublet of Sais.

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

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Origin, language, and formation

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

Saxon comes through Middle English Saxe, Old English *Seaxa, Late Latin Saxōnem, Proto-West Germanic *sahs, Proto-Germanic *sahsą and Proto-Indo-European *sek-.

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

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Seaxa and Saxi.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Saxon is pronounced /ˈsæksən/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,571 boys were recorded with the name Saxon between 1954 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 52 in 2021; its best national rank was #1,808 in 1996.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,832 in 2020 to #3,118 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,851 in 2015 to #3,118 in 2025.

In the United States, 166 girls were recorded with the name Saxon between 1914 and 2018. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2007; its best national rank was #3,134 in 1914.

How common is Saxon?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 85,000
39 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 43,800
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,118
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
58,922 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Saxon 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 58,922 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Saxon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Saxons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Saxon was born before 2007 — so the typical Saxon is around 18 today.

Median birth year
2007
About 18 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
27.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
65.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,571
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Choose a decade

2010s — 27.4% of all recorded uses (431).

Is Saxon 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 dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−286
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−267
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.93×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
75.0%
Peak was 2021 (52)
Years since peak
4
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
13.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,808
1996

Spellings of Saxon

Saxon is not the most common spelling — Jason is, with 38.5% against Saxon's 0.06%.

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 Saxon is used

Across 1910–2025, Saxon was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 127,470 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Texas1 in 100,000
  3. 3Florida1 in —
  4. 4Virginia1 in —

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. Saxon has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Saxon around the world

Where Saxon 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
    1996–2025
    #1,124
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1995–2022
    #2,602
    in 2022
  • South Australia
    1972–2013
    #389
    in 2013

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.

Saxon by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,118
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 286
Best rank ever
#1,808
1996
Peak year
2021
52 that year
First recorded
1954
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,571
Count in 2025
39

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#3,134
1914
Peak year
2007
10 that year
First recorded
1914
Last recorded
2018
All-time count
166
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Saxon

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

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Sibling names for Saxon

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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