Paxton
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- PAX-ton
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,537 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #338 for boys
Paxton is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “Paecc's settlement”. In 2025 it ranked 1,537th for boys in the UK (18 babies) and 338th for boys in the US (988 babies).
What does Paxton mean?
English: surname from place names
“Paecc's settlement”
From an English surname based on place names such as Paxton in Cambridgeshire, meaning the settlement of a man called Paecc.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Paxton a girl's or a boy's name?
Paxton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the UK and 49 girls and 988 boys in the US.
How popular is Paxton in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,537among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 17,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 194% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the UK were named Paxton, making it the 1,537th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 23 boys.
Half of all the boys named Paxton in the UK since 1996 were born between 2020 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,465th in England and Wales.
Paxton in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,537 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 2023 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2022 | 20 | #1,404 |
| 2021 | 14 | #1,791 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
How popular is Paxton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #338among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 988about 1 in 1,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 988 boys in the US were named Paxton, making it the 338th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 262nd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 1,993 boys. It first appears in the records in 1921. 49 girls were also named Paxton in 2025 (3,211th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Paxton than any year since 2009.
Half of all the boys named Paxton in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 5% of the babies named Paxton in the US were girls.
Paxton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 988 | #338 |
| 2024 | 1,170 | #288 |
| 2023 | 1,357 | #257 |
| 2022 | 1,350 | #257 |
| 2021 | 1,392 | #255 |
| 2020 | 1,301 | #262 |
| 2019 | 1,450 | #252 |
| 2018 | 1,694 | #221 |
| 2017 | 1,909 | #207 |
| 2016 | 1,993 | #203 |
| 2015 | 1,677 | #229 |
| 2014 | 1,432 | #260 |
| 2013 | 1,356 | #262 |
| 2012 | 1,496 | #242 |
| 2011 | 1,287 | #272 |
| 2010 | 1,110 | #296 |
| 2009 | 979 | #327 |
| 2008 | 697 | #419 |
| 2007 | 456 | #565 |
| 2006 | 267 | #776 |
| 2005 | 211 | #870 |
| 2004 | 197 | #877 |
| 2003 | 174 | #941 |
| 2002 | 197 | #841 |
| 2001 | 162 | #949 |
| 2000 | 161 | #940 |
| 1999 | 168 | #894 |
| 1998 | 156 | #915 |
| 1997 | 144 | #935 |
| 1996 | 91 | #1,224 |
| 1995 | 97 | #1,168 |
| 1994 | 104 | #1,100 |
| 1993 | 73 | #1,328 |
| 1992 | 66 | #1,390 |
| 1991 | 43 | #1,817 |
| 1990 | 17 | #3,461 |
| 1989 | 37 | #1,948 |
| 1988 | 25 | #2,362 |
| 1987 | 17 | #2,938 |
| 1986 | 24 | #2,288 |
| 1985 | 21 | #2,426 |
| 1984 | 19 | #2,528 |
| 1983 | 18 | #2,576 |
| 1982 | 18 | #2,595 |
| 1981 | 19 | #2,495 |
| 1980 | 21 | #2,366 |
| 1979 | 19 | #2,464 |
| 1978 | 18 | #2,472 |
| 1977 | 24 | #2,008 |
| 1976 | 26 | #1,872 |
| 1975 | 21 | #2,133 |
| 1974 | 35 | #1,471 |
| 1973 | 40 | #1,312 |
| 1972 | 47 | #1,196 |
| 1971 | 54 | #1,109 |
| 1970 | 48 | #1,192 |
| 1969 | 28 | #1,526 |
| 1968 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1967 | 12 | #2,351 |
| 1966 | 12 | #2,326 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 11 | #2,545 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 11 | #2,502 |
| 1961 | 18 | #1,947 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 9 | #2,670 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,173 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,516 |
Nicknames for Paxton
Names like Paxton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hudson Grayson Jaxon Mason Jenson Parker Hunter Cooper Marley Carter Enzo Dawson
Other spellings of Paxton
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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, “Paxton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/paxton, updated 20 October 2026.