Jaxson

What Jaxson means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Jaxson yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1991, with 13 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Jaxson?

US: Falling: down from #84 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #198 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2015, when 5,070 boys got the name (#84 that year). First in the US records in 1991.

How common

• About 1 in 722 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,203 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 893 baby boys in Scotland 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 VT (4.95 per 1,000 boys), RI (4.16 per 1,000 boys), NH (3.77 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Jaxson is #156 in the US and #220 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 Jaxson were boys.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Jaxsen38 US
• Jaxsyn30 US
• Jaxxson13 US
• Jaxsun7 US
• Jaxcen5 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 Jaxson

Boys

• Jaxon#115Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #44 in 2015, #115 in 2025
• Rayden#832Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1991, with 7 babies
• Carter#45“son of Arthur”^*
• Bryson#152Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #152 vs #1,066 in 2025
• Braxton#172Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #172 vs #2,014 in 2025
• Holden#297Editor’s note Steady in the US: #291 in 2015 and #297 in 2025

For a sister

• Karsyn#718Editor’s note Used for both: 70% of US babies named Karsyn in 2025 were girls
• Avery#37Editor’s note Used for both: 82% of US babies named Avery in 2025 were girls
• Teagan#340Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1979, with 6 babies
• Raegan#505Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1963, with 9 babies
• Brylee#992Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #477 in 2015, #992 in 2025
• Mckinley#712Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1978, with 5 babies

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 Jaxson’s. Rank is US 2025.