Paxton
#3,211 for girls in 2025, 49 births · #338 for boys in 2025, 988 births
Given to boys 93.0% of the time
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | |
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | #2,642 | 10 | |
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 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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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 2012
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Dakota#82 · 1 in 257
- Utah#86 · 1 in 355
- Montana#87 · 1 in 279
- Wyoming#89 · 1 in 239
- Nebraska#92 · 1 in 319
Best ever in a state: #46 in Wyoming, 2015.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #82 | 15 | 1 in 257 |
| Utah | #86 | 61 | 1 in 355 |
| Montana | #87 | 14 | 1 in 279 |
| Wyoming | #89 | 8 | 1 in 239 |
| Nebraska | #92 | 31 | 1 in 319 |
| Idaho | #100 | 23 | 1 in 352 |
| Iowa | #118 | 35 | 1 in 432 |
| Kansas | #118 | 38 | 1 in 424 |
| Mississippi | #121 | 28 | 1 in 480 |
| Arkansas | #140 | 27 | 1 in 529 |
| Tennessee | #142 | 60 | 1 in 597 |
| Kentucky | #145 | 37 | 1 in 599 |
| Oklahoma | #149 | 35 | 1 in 579 |
| Missouri | #154 | 51 | 1 in 623 |
| Alaska | #160 | 7 | 1 in 481 |
| South Dakota | #162 | 8 | 1 in 510 |
| West Virginia | #164 | 14 | 1 in 596 |
| Oregon | #165 | 30 | 1 in 602 |
| Ohio | #166 | 78 | 1 in 766 |
| Maine | #184 | 7 | 1 in 677 |
| Colorado | #186 | 38 | 1 in 714 |
| Washington | #187 | 48 | 1 in 748 |
| Indiana | #191 | 44 | 1 in 811 |
| Louisiana | #200 | 28 | 1 in 864 |
| Minnesota | #206 | 32 | 1 in 866 |
| Alabama | #210 | 23 | 1 in 965 |
| Wisconsin | #235 | 26 | 1 in 1,050 |
| Pennsylvania | #246 | 45 | 1 in 1,338 |
| Nevada | #255 | 13 | 1 in 1,022 |
| North Carolina | #256 | 41 | 1 in 1,233 |
| Texas | #264 | 139 | 1 in 1,278 |
| Virginia | #266 | 31 | 1 in 1,349 |
| South Carolina | #273 | 15 | 1 in 1,394 |
| Illinois | #292 | 46 | 1 in 1,446 |
| Arizona | #299 | 26 | 1 in 1,423 |
| Georgia | #299 | 35 | 1 in 1,543 |
| Michigan | #302 | 32 | 1 in 1,489 |
| Maryland | #317 | 17 | 1 in 1,632 |
| Massachusetts | #351 | 13 | 1 in 2,281 |
| Florida | #355 | 43 | 1 in 2,139 |
| New Mexico | #356 | 6 | 1 in 1,616 |
| California | #374 | 97 | 1 in 2,376 |
| Connecticut | #429 | 5 | 1 in 2,871 |
| New York | #526 | 29 | 1 in 3,597 |
| New Jersey | #776 | 7 | 1 in 5,925 |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
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
- 50 spots since 2024 (#288 → #338)
- 76 spots since 2020 (#262 → #338)
- 109 spots since 2015 (#229 → #338)
- Biggest jump: 289 spots in 1997 (#1,226 → #937)
- Biggest drop: 100 spots in 2003 (#842 → #942)
- Debuted 1921
- Peaked 2016 at #203 (1,993 births)
- Births halved by 2025, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1997–2025
- Highest: 1 in 952 boys born in 2016 were named Paxton (0.11%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,729 boys born in 2025 (0.06%)
- 54.6% of all boys named Paxton (15,404) were born in this decade
- 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.
Paxton in 2012
Top girls' names in 2012
Top boys' names in 2012
More about 2012
girls
1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 36,689 of them was named Paxton, which outranked 82.8% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,314Yessica49
- #3,314Zamora49
- #3,314Zayleigh49
- #3,364Paxton48
- #3,364Aahana48
- #3,364Aislin48
- #3,364Akari48
- #3,419Abbygale47
- #3,419Akayla47
- #3,419Alahna47
Tied with 54 names at #3,364; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 1,268 of them was named Paxton, which outranked 98.3% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.