Brixton
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BRIKS-tun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #744 for boys
Brixton is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “Beorhtsige's stone”. In 2025 it ranked 744th for boys in the US (349 babies).
What does Brixton mean?
English: from Brixton in south London
“Beorhtsige's stone”
From the south London district, named in Old English after a stone belonging to a man called Beorhtsige.
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Is Brixton a girl's or a boy's name?
Brixton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls and 349 boys in the US.
How popular is Brixton in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2020, with 5 boys.
Brixton in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
How popular is Brixton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 744th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 349 about 1 in 4,900 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 349 boys in the US were named Brixton, making it the 744th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 616th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 531 boys. It first appears in the records in 2001. 14 girls were also named Brixton in 2025 (7,489th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Brixton than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Brixton in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 360 boys in the US were given Brixton or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #692, up from #744 for this spelling alone.
- Brixton 349
- Brixtin 6
- Brixten 5
Brixton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 349 | #744 |
| 2024 | 422 | #653 |
| 2023 | 418 | #653 |
| 2022 | 461 | #608 |
| 2021 | 531 | #549 |
| 2020 | 443 | #616 |
| 2019 | 341 | #718 |
| 2018 | 298 | #779 |
| 2017 | 243 | #885 |
| 2016 | 249 | #878 |
| 2015 | 210 | #983 |
| 2014 | 155 | #1,188 |
| 2013 | 115 | #1,433 |
| 2012 | 65 | #2,090 |
| 2011 | 66 | #2,034 |
| 2010 | 47 | #2,578 |
| 2009 | 42 | #2,846 |
| 2008 | 18 | #5,063 |
| 2007 | 25 | #4,009 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
Nicknames for Brixton
- Brix 41 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Brixton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn, Hudson, Rowan, Ronan, Jaxon, Brody, Lochlan, Grayson, Kayden, Cillian, Finley, Oakley
Other spellings of Brixton
Names related to Brixton
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Brixton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brixton, updated 20 October 2026.