Saxton
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SAKS-tun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,044 for boys
Saxton is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “settlement of the Saxons”. In 2025 it ranked 5,044th for boys in the US (19 babies).
What does Saxton mean?
English: English place-name surname
“settlement of the Saxons”
Is Saxton a girl's or a boy's name?
Saxton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Saxton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,044th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19 about 1 in 90,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the US were named Saxton, making it the 5,044th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,808th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the boys named Saxton in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Saxton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,216 |
| 2022 | 29 | #3,772 |
| 2021 | 22 | #4,490 |
| 2020 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 2019 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 2018 | 24 | #4,222 |
| 2017 | 30 | #3,582 |
| 2016 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 2015 | 28 | #3,774 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 25 | #3,992 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 27 | #3,829 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,392 |
| 2007 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2006 | 28 | #3,600 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 19 | #4,271 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
Names like Saxton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Stetson, Kingston, Easton, Hudson, Sutton, Colson, Jackson, Mason, Paxton, Boston, Grayson, Dawson
Names related to Saxton
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter
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, “Saxton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/saxton, updated 20 October 2026.