Axton

What Axton means

Means “stone”

From Axton, Kent, Old English Acca (a personal name) + Old English stan (“stone”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Axton” (revision 67792905), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Axton?

US: Falling: down from #701 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2021, when 464 boys got the name (#599 that year). First in the US records in 1988.

How common

• About 1 in 6,519 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 16,996 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WV (1.14 per 1,000 boys), KY (0.58 per 1,000 boys), NE (0.57 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Axton is #906 in the US and #1613 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Axton were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Axtyn31 US
• Axten25 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Axton

Boys

• Ryker#182Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #182 vs #1,066 in 2025
• Sawyer#122“one who saws”^*
• Greyson#149Variant of Grayson, meaning “steward”^*
• Grayson#51“steward”^*
• Tucker#181Editor’s note Steady in the US: #186 in 2015 and #181 in 2025
• Hudson#17Editor’s note Up from #65 in 2015 to #17 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 200 US boys in the 2025 records

For a sister

• Hadley#121“heath + woodland clearing”^*
• Emery#74Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #74 vs #1,197 in 2025
• Harper#16From a surname for “a player of the harp”^*
• Kinsley#93“Royal (a man's name) + s + woodland clearing”^*
• Kensley#741Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1987, with 8 babies
• Monroe#467Editor’s note Used for both: 81% of US babies named Monroe in 2025 were girls

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Axton’s. Rank is US 2025.