Paxson
Boy · PAK-sun · English
Paxson is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “Pacca's settlement”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Paxson mean?
English: spelling of Paxon, itself a 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.
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Meaning borrowed from Paxon.
Is Paxson a girl's or a boy's name?
Paxson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Paxson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Paxson, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 39 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.
2025 had fewer boys named Paxson than any year since 2007.
Half of all the boys named Paxson in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Paxson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 22 | #4,566 |
| 2021 | 20 | #4,776 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 35 | #3,229 |
| 2015 | 33 | #3,364 |
| 2014 | 32 | #3,369 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,062 |
| 2012 | 39 | #2,952 |
| 2011 | 31 | #3,433 |
| 2010 | 27 | #3,811 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
Nicknames for Paxson
Names like Paxson
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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