Rexton
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- REX-tun
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #1,959 for boys
Rexton is a boys' name of Modern origin, meaning “king + settlement”. In 2025 it ranked 1,959th for boys in the US (78 babies).
What does Rexton mean?
Modern: blend of Rex and the surname ending -ton
“king + settlement”
Formed on the pattern of Paxton and Braxton; Rex is Latin for 'king'.
Is Rexton a girl's or a boy's name?
Rexton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 78 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rexton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,959among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 78about 1 in 22,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 78 boys in the US were named Rexton, making it the 1,959th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,585th. It first appears in the records in 2001.
2025 had the most boys named Rexton of any year since it first appeared, in 2001.
Half of all the boys named Rexton in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rexton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 78 | #1,959 |
| 2024 | 29 | #3,791 |
| 2023 | 32 | #3,564 |
| 2022 | 54 | #2,516 |
| 2021 | 49 | #2,622 |
| 2020 | 49 | #2,585 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,140 |
| 2018 | 66 | #2,121 |
| 2017 | 35 | #3,248 |
| 2016 | 37 | #3,110 |
| 2015 | 25 | #4,078 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 28 | #3,659 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 29 | #3,604 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
Nicknames for Rexton
- Rex 221 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Rexton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kashton Kayson Kyson Jaxton Daxton Jettson Sutton Raylan Ryatt Colson Kingston Rayden
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Rexton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rexton, updated 20 October 2026.