Daxton
Boy · DAKS-tun · Modern
Daxton is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 379th for boys in the US (834 babies).
What does Daxton mean?
Modern: extension of Dax with the -ton ending
A modern coinage extending Dax with the -ton ending of names like Paxton and Braxton.
- Say it
- DAKS-tun
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Is Daxton a girl's or a boy's name?
Daxton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 834 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Daxton in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,511among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Daxton, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 18 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Daxton than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Daxton in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Daxton in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,664 |
| 2023 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,561 |
| 2021 | 18 | #1,481 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,102 |
| 2018 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 2 | #6,127 |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
How popular is Daxton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #379among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 834about 1 in 2,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 834 boys in the US were named Daxton, making it the 379th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 288th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 1,276 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the boys named Daxton in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 926 boys in the US were given Daxton or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #366, up from #379 for this spelling alone.
Daxton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 834 | #379 |
| 2024 | 785 | #411 |
| 2023 | 935 | #350 |
| 2022 | 1,014 | #333 |
| 2021 | 1,103 | #300 |
| 2020 | 1,173 | #288 |
| 2019 | 1,276 | #279 |
| 2018 | 1,182 | #296 |
| 2017 | 1,006 | #338 |
| 2016 | 926 | #359 |
| 2015 | 850 | #381 |
| 2014 | 592 | #481 |
| 2013 | 469 | #563 |
| 2012 | 391 | #620 |
| 2011 | 358 | #655 |
| 2010 | 305 | #744 |
| 2009 | 312 | #742 |
| 2008 | 191 | #1,009 |
| 2007 | 195 | #996 |
| 2006 | 131 | #1,273 |
| 2005 | 159 | #1,045 |
| 2004 | 114 | #1,302 |
| 2003 | 86 | #1,494 |
| 2002 | 71 | #1,657 |
| 2001 | 69 | #1,673 |
| 2000 | 64 | #1,738 |
| 1999 | 42 | #2,196 |
| 1998 | 49 | #1,954 |
| 1997 | 39 | #2,198 |
| 1996 | 25 | #2,906 |
| 1995 | 35 | #2,248 |
| 1994 | 30 | #2,497 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 20 | #3,213 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,443 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
Nicknames for Daxton
- Dax 20 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Daxton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hudson Jaxon Grayson Jenson Mason Jax Rowan Enzo Jayden Dawson Asher Remy
Other spellings of Daxton
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