Paxton
- #3,211 for girls in 2025, 49 births
- #338 for boys in 2025, 988 births
- Given to boys 93.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2016 · 1,993 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 28,194since 1921
Paxton over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,211 | 49 | #338 | 988 |
| 2024 | #3,176 | 50 | #288 | 1,170 |
| 2023 | #2,674 | 65 | #257 | 1,357 |
| 2022 | #2,193 | 86 | #257 | 1,350 |
| 2021 | #2,366 | 76 | #255 | 1,392 |
| 2020 | #2,376 | 74 | #262 | 1,301 |
| 2019 | #2,217 | 83 | #252 | 1,450 |
| 2018 | #2,159 | 87 | #221 | 1,694 |
| 2017 | #2,053 | 95 | #207 | 1,909 |
| 2016 | #2,129 | 91 | #203 | 1,993 |
| 2015 | #2,590 | 69 | #229 | 1,677 |
| 2014 | #2,843 | 60 | #260 | 1,432 |
| 2013 | #3,042 | 54 | #262 | 1,356 |
| 2012 | #3,364 | 48 | #242 | 1,496 |
| 2011 | #3,092 | 54 | #272 | 1,287 |
| 2010 | #3,010 | 56 | #296 | 1,110 |
| 2009 | #3,677 | 43 | #327 | 979 |
| 2008 | #3,478 | 47 | #419 | 697 |
| 2007 | #4,131 | 37 | #565 | 456 |
| 2006 | #3,617 | 43 | #776 | 267 |
| 2005 | #4,373 | 31 | #870 | 211 |
| 2004 | #3,333 | 45 | #878 | 197 |
| 2003 | #2,673 | 59 | #942 | 174 |
| 2002 | #2,819 | 53 | #842 | 197 |
| 2001 | #3,198 | 43 | #950 | 162 |
| 2000 | #2,277 | 68 | #942 | 161 |
| 1999 | #2,115 | 72 | #896 | 168 |
| 1998 | #2,530 | 54 | #916 | 156 |
| 1997 | #1,914 | 76 | #937 | 144 |
| 1996 | #1,898 | 76 | #1,226 | 91 |
| 1995 | #2,083 | 65 | #1,172 | 97 |
| 1994 | #1,285 | 132 | #1,104 | 104 |
| 1993 | #2,676 | 45 | #1,333 | 73 |
| 1992 | #4,382 | 23 | #1,395 | 66 |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 | #1,823 | 43 |
| 1990 | — | #3,467 | 17 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,953 | 37 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,367 | 25 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,942 | 17 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,290 | 24 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,427 | 21 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,529 | 19 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,577 | 18 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,596 | 18 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,496 | 19 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,367 | 21 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,465 | 19 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,473 | 18 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,008 | 24 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,873 | 26 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,134 | 21 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,471 | 35 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,312 | 40 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,196 | 47 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,109 | 54 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,192 | 48 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,526 | 28 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,735 | 10 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,352 | 12 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,327 | 12 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,244 | 7 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,546 | 11 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,044 | 8 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,504 | 11 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,948 | 18 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,337 | 7 | |
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| 1958 | — | #2,642 | 10 | |
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| 1956 | — | #2,969 | 8 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,886 | 5 | |
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| 1952 | — | #3,734 | 5 | |
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| 1949 | — | #3,298 | 6 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,668 | 5 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,671 | 9 | |
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| 1938 | — | #3,534 | 5 | |
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| 1935 | — | #3,645 | 5 | |
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| 1931 | — | #3,390 | 6 | |
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| 1928 | — | #4,151 | 5 | |
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| 1925 | — | #3,741 | 6 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,505 | 7 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,175 | 8 | |
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| 1921 | — | #3,517 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1921
The first year at least five boys were named Paxton! It came in at #3,517, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1922, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Paxton is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Hawaii#90 · 1 in 292
- Kentucky#147 · 1 in 555
- Mississippi#189 · 1 in 677
- South Dakota#192 · 1 in 549
- Oklahoma#197 · 1 in 707
Best ever in a state: #46 in Wyoming, 2015.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #90 | 10 | 1 in 292 |
| Kentucky | #147 | 37 | 1 in 555 |
| Mississippi | #189 | 16 | 1 in 677 |
| South Dakota | #192 | 7 | 1 in 549 |
| Oklahoma | #197 | 25 | 1 in 707 |
| South Carolina | #201 | 28 | 1 in 757 |
| Iowa | #206 | 19 | 1 in 728 |
| Maine | #206 | 6 | 1 in 641 |
| Idaho | #214 | 12 | 1 in 719 |
| Louisiana | #221 | 23 | 1 in 832 |
| North Dakota | #226 | 5 | 1 in 671 |
| Montana | #227 | 5 | 1 in 753 |
| West Virginia | #227 | 8 | 1 in 770 |
| Nebraska | #228 | 11 | 1 in 802 |
| New Hampshire | #230 | 5 | 1 in 901 |
| Arkansas | #232 | 15 | 1 in 839 |
| Tennessee | #233 | 38 | 1 in 968 |
| Washington | #236 | 33 | 1 in 994 |
| Indiana | #254 | 32 | 1 in 989 |
| Kansas | #265 | 14 | 1 in 1,003 |
| Ohio | #265 | 47 | 1 in 1,118 |
| Utah | #265 | 19 | 1 in 1,035 |
| Alabama | #274 | 20 | 1 in 1,076 |
| Pennsylvania | #280 | 41 | 1 in 1,275 |
| Illinois | #306 | 35 | 1 in 1,416 |
| North Carolina | #309 | 39 | 1 in 1,320 |
| New Mexico | #311 | 6 | 1 in 1,083 |
| Missouri | #318 | 21 | 1 in 1,324 |
| Maryland | #319 | 17 | 1 in 1,347 |
| Arizona | #332 | 23 | 1 in 1,423 |
| Virginia | #365 | 22 | 1 in 1,693 |
| Michigan | #375 | 23 | 1 in 1,748 |
| Georgia | #393 | 29 | 1 in 1,732 |
| Florida | #412 | 47 | 1 in 2,033 |
| Minnesota | #420 | 13 | 1 in 1,885 |
| Texas | #421 | 82 | 1 in 2,135 |
| Colorado | #468 | 12 | 1 in 2,238 |
| Connecticut | #498 | 5 | 1 in 2,641 |
| California | #505 | 61 | 1 in 2,877 |
| Massachusetts | #507 | 9 | 1 in 3,002 |
| Wisconsin | #523 | 9 | 1 in 2,604 |
| Oregon | #529 | 6 | 1 in 2,510 |
| New York | #601 | 25 | 1 in 3,377 |
| New Jersey | #607 | 11 | 1 in 3,615 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Paxton
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 76 spots since 2020 (#262 → #338)
- Biggest jump: 289 spots in 1997
- Biggest drop: 100 spots in 2003
Rise & fade · boys
95 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1921
- Peaked 2016 at #203 (1,993 births)
- Births halved by 2025, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 29 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1997–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 952
- Highest: 1 in 952 boys born in 2016 were named Paxton (0.11%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,729 boys born in 2025 (0.06%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 54.6% of all boys named Paxton (15,404) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1995
- Mostly girls until 1994, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 33 | #3,175 (1923) | #3,618 |
| 1930s | 16 | #3,390 (1931) | #3,523 |
| 1940s | 20 | #2,671 (1947) | #3,212 |
| 1950s | 28 | #2,642 (1958) | #3,308 |
| 1960s | 124 | #1,526 (1969) | #2,556 |
| 1970s | 332 | #1,109 (1971) | #1,723 |
| 1980s | 219 | #1,953 (1989) | #2,454 |
| 1990s | 959 | #896 (1999) | #1,427 |
| 2000s | 3,501 | #327 (2009) | #751 |
| 2010s | 15,404 | #203 (2016) | #244 |
| 2020s | 7,558 | #255 (2021) | #276 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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