Paxton

What Paxton means

Means “settlement of (a person named) *Pæcc”

From Old English *Pæcces + tūn (literally “settlement of (a person named) *Pæcc”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Paxton” (revision 94542485), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Paxton?

US: Falling: down from #229 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #4747 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2016, when 1,993 boys got the name (#203 that year). First in the US records in 1921.

How common

• About 1 in 1,729 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 15,108 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 HI (3.43 per 1,000 boys), SD (1.82 per 1,000 boys), KY (1.8 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Paxton is #338 in the US and #1466 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 95.3% of US babies named Paxton were boys.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Paxtyn31 US
• Paxten9 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 Paxton

Boys

• Ryker#182Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #182 vs #1,066 in 2025
• Sawyer#122“one who saws”^*
• Tucker#181Editor’s note Steady in the US: #186 in 2015 and #181 in 2025
• Easton#110“east + settlement”^*
• Greyson#149Variant of Grayson, meaning “steward”^*
• Grayson#51“steward”^*

For a sister

• Harper#16From a surname for “a player of the harp”^*
• Hadley#121“heath + woodland clearing”^*
• Kensley#741Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1987, with 8 babies
• Kinsley#93“Royal (a man's name) + s + woodland clearing”^*
• Emery#74Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #74 vs #1,197 in 2025
• Leighton#342“leek + settlement”^*

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 Paxton’s. Rank is US 2025.