Jaxen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JAK-son
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,459 for boys
Jaxen is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Jack”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 1,459th for boys in the US (122 babies).
What does Jaxen mean?
English: spelling of Jackson; English surname
“son of Jack”
The American painter Jackson Pollock is a well-known bearer of it as a first name.
Meaning borrowed from Jackson. More on Wiktionary.
Is Jaxen a girl's or a boy's name?
Jaxen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 122 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jaxen in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 67% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Jaxen, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 25 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Jaxen than any year since 2009.
Half of all the boys named Jaxen in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,355 boys in the UK were given Jaxen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #45, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Jaxen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 14 | #1,789 |
| 2021 | 18 | #1,481 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,608 |
| 2018 | 20 | #1,362 |
| 2017 | 13 | #1,922 |
| 2016 | 20 | #1,403 |
| 2015 | 25 | #1,167 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,650 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 13 | #1,850 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
How popular is Jaxen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,459th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 122 about 1 in 14,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 122 boys in the US were named Jaxen, making it the 1,459th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 992nd. Its busiest year was 2013, with 554 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Jaxen in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 12,661 boys in the US were given Jaxen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #7, up from #1,459 for this spelling alone.
Jaxen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 122 | #1,459 |
| 2024 | 121 | #1,487 |
| 2023 | 126 | #1,440 |
| 2022 | 173 | #1,180 |
| 2021 | 206 | #1,043 |
| 2020 | 215 | #992 |
| 2019 | 218 | #978 |
| 2018 | 294 | #782 |
| 2017 | 329 | #726 |
| 2016 | 342 | #714 |
| 2015 | 395 | #653 |
| 2014 | 498 | #552 |
| 2013 | 554 | #493 |
| 2012 | 452 | #570 |
| 2011 | 419 | #595 |
| 2010 | 232 | #891 |
| 2009 | 242 | #867 |
| 2008 | 130 | #1,329 |
| 2007 | 130 | #1,317 |
| 2006 | 103 | #1,479 |
| 2005 | 70 | #1,834 |
| 2004 | 74 | #1,717 |
| 2003 | 49 | #2,202 |
| 2002 | 49 | #2,151 |
| 2001 | 36 | #2,613 |
| 2000 | 31 | #2,858 |
| 1999 | 22 | #3,475 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
Nicknames for Jaxen
Names like Jaxen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hudson, Grayson, Jenson, Jayden, Mason, Marley, Oakley, Archer, Jax, Cooper, River, Enzo
Other spellings of Jaxen
Jaxon, Jackson, Jaxson, Jaxxon, Jaxyn, Jaxsen, Jaxsyn, Jaxin, Jakson, Jaxxson, Jacksen
Names related to Jaxen
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter, Harrison, Ellie
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, “Jaxen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jaxen, updated 20 October 2026.