Paxon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- PAK-sun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Paxon is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “Pacca's settlement”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Paxon mean?
English: variant of Paxton, an English surname from a place name
“Pacca's settlement”
Paxton comes from English place names meaning the settlement of a man called Pacca.
Is Paxon a girl's or a boy's name?
Paxon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Paxon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,799th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 64% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Paxon, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,073rd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 41 boys. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the boys named Paxon in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Paxon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 27 | #3,908 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,073 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 22 | #4,472 |
| 2017 | 41 | #2,890 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 28 | #3,774 |
| 2014 | 24 | #4,135 |
| 2013 | 31 | #3,403 |
| 2012 | 37 | #3,057 |
| 2011 | 33 | #3,305 |
| 2010 | 27 | #3,811 |
| 2009 | 27 | #3,829 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,897 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
Nicknames for Paxon
Names like Paxon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hudson, Paxton, Easton, Kingston, Colson, Stetson, Boston, Wesson, Axton, Lawson, Brixton, Grayson
Names related to Paxon
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel
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, “Paxon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/paxon, updated 20 October 2026.