Maxton
Boy · MAKS-tun · Scottish
Maxton is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “Maccus's settlement”. In 2025 it ranked 1,176th for boys in the US (175 babies).
What does Maxton mean?
Scottish: Scottish place name and surname
“Maccus's settlement”
From Maxton, a village in the Scottish Borders named after a 12th-century landholder called Maccus.
- Say it
- MAKS-tun
Is Maxton a girl's or a boy's name?
Maxton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 175 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maxton in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Maxton in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Maxton in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,174 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Maxton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,176among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 175about 1 in 9,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 175 boys in the US were named Maxton, making it the 1,176th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 986th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 377 boys. It first appears in the records in 1927.
Half of all the boys named Maxton in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 193 boys in the US were given Maxton or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,015, up from #1,176 for this spelling alone.
Maxton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 175 | #1,176 |
| 2024 | 155 | #1,271 |
| 2023 | 158 | #1,238 |
| 2022 | 235 | #963 |
| 2021 | 220 | #996 |
| 2020 | 216 | #986 |
| 2019 | 244 | #897 |
| 2018 | 267 | #832 |
| 2017 | 377 | #670 |
| 2016 | 330 | #739 |
| 2015 | 286 | #805 |
| 2014 | 306 | #766 |
| 2013 | 265 | #818 |
| 2012 | 235 | #891 |
| 2011 | 210 | #943 |
| 2010 | 194 | #1,009 |
| 2009 | 167 | #1,103 |
| 2008 | 136 | #1,276 |
| 2007 | 92 | #1,658 |
| 2006 | 45 | #2,620 |
| 2005 | 46 | #2,463 |
| 2004 | 41 | #2,595 |
| 2003 | 25 | #3,523 |
| 2002 | 34 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 33 | #2,792 |
| 2000 | 30 | #2,916 |
| 1999 | 27 | #3,027 |
| 1998 | 21 | #3,482 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
Nicknames for Maxton
- Max 1,240 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Maxton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Maxton
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