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Draxton

Gender
Boy
Say it
DRAKS-tun
Origin
Modern
US rank, 2025
#7,190 for boys

Draxton is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).

Where does Draxton come from?

Modern: modern coinage with the -ton ending

Is Draxton a girl's or a boy's name?

Draxton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Draxton in the US?

Rank in 2025
7,190th among boys
Babies in 2025
11 about 1 in 160,000 boys
Five-year trend
Falling down 34% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Draxton, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 2018, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 2012.

Half of all the boys named Draxton in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

2012Busiest: 25 in 20182025
Draxton in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202511#7,190
202412#6,827
202312#6,892
202217#5,441
20219#8,161
202017#5,231
201911#7,168
201825#4,090
201712#6,681
201613#6,344
20150–
201410#7,557
20130–
20126#10,763

Nicknames for Draxton

Names like Draxton

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Daxton, Jettson, Jaxton, Kashton, Dutton, Kayson, Kyson, Kylo, Wesson, Colson, Hudson, Stetson

More Modern names

Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya

Every Modern name

Sources

Figures from 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, “Draxton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/draxton, updated 20 October 2026.