Saxon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SAK-son
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,192 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,088 for boys
Saxon is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “a Saxon”. In 2025 it ranked 1,192nd for boys in the UK (26 babies) and 3,088th for boys in the US (39 babies).
What does Saxon mean?
Germanic: the name of the Saxon people
“a Saxon”
Named after the Saxons, the Germanic people who settled in England, whose name is often linked with the seax, a knife.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Saxon a girl's or a boy's name?
Saxon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 boys in the UK and 39 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Saxon in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,192among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 12,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 26 boys in the UK were named Saxon, making it the 1,192nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 825th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 43 boys.
Half of all the boys named Saxon in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 40% of the babies named Saxon in the UK in 1996, and 7% in 2022.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,124th in England and Wales.
Saxon in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #1,192 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,397 |
| 2023 | 34 | #986 |
| 2022 | 43 | #813 |
| 2021 | 23 | #1,265 |
| 2020 | 41 | #825 |
| 2019 | 35 | #931 |
| 2018 | 31 | #1,017 |
| 2017 | 23 | #1,253 |
| 2016 | 38 | #902 |
| 2015 | 32 | #1,005 |
| 2014 | 17 | #1,511 |
| 2013 | 21 | #1,290 |
| 2012 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,542 |
| 2010 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 2009 | 12 | #1,852 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,547 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,667 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,487 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,494 |
| 2003 | 14 | #1,272 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,312 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,394 |
How popular is Saxon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,088among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 39about 1 in 44,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 39 boys in the US were named Saxon, making it the 3,088th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,805th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 52 boys. It first appears in the records in 1954.
Half of all the boys named Saxon in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Saxon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #3,088 |
| 2024 | 40 | #3,044 |
| 2023 | 35 | #3,345 |
| 2022 | 51 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 52 | #2,522 |
| 2020 | 43 | #2,805 |
| 2019 | 50 | #2,581 |
| 2018 | 47 | #2,634 |
| 2017 | 47 | #2,636 |
| 2016 | 48 | #2,586 |
| 2015 | 42 | #2,808 |
| 2014 | 44 | #2,703 |
| 2013 | 43 | #2,713 |
| 2012 | 32 | #3,368 |
| 2011 | 34 | #3,234 |
| 2010 | 44 | #2,729 |
| 2009 | 49 | #2,559 |
| 2008 | 42 | #2,827 |
| 2007 | 43 | #2,764 |
| 2006 | 45 | #2,620 |
| 2005 | 28 | #3,443 |
| 2004 | 27 | #3,452 |
| 2003 | 27 | #3,361 |
| 2002 | 31 | #2,939 |
| 2001 | 41 | #2,382 |
| 2000 | 44 | #2,218 |
| 1999 | 34 | #2,556 |
| 1998 | 25 | #3,089 |
| 1997 | 32 | #2,498 |
| 1996 | 51 | #1,781 |
| 1995 | 30 | #2,495 |
| 1994 | 48 | #1,790 |
| 1993 | 41 | #1,964 |
| 1992 | 43 | #1,879 |
| 1991 | 40 | #1,913 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,303 |
| 1989 | 24 | #2,609 |
| 1988 | 23 | #2,504 |
| 1987 | 17 | #2,938 |
| 1986 | 19 | #2,681 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
Names like Saxon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jaxon Hudson Yusuf Grayson Mason Jenson Zion Kairo Rowan Luca Hugo Logan
More Germanic names
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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, “Saxon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/saxon, updated 20 October 2026.