Saxon
- Last seen for girls in 2018 at #11,427
- #3,089 for boys in 2025, 39 births
- Given to boys 90.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1996 · 51 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,571since 1954
Saxon over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | #3,089 | 39 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,045 | 40 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,347 | 35 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,616 | 51 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,523 | 52 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,806 | 43 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,582 | 50 | |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 | #2,635 | 47 |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 | #2,637 | 47 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #2,587 | 48 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #2,809 | 42 |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #2,705 | 44 |
| 2013 | — | #2,715 | 43 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,371 | 32 | |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | #3,235 | 34 |
| 2010 | — | #2,730 | 44 | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #2,560 | 49 |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | #2,828 | 42 |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 | #2,765 | 43 |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | #2,621 | 45 |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #3,447 | 28 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #3,456 | 27 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 | #3,366 | 27 |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #2,943 | 31 |
| 2001 | — | #2,386 | 41 | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #2,222 | 44 |
| 1999 | — | #2,560 | 34 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,092 | 25 | |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #2,502 | 32 |
| 1996 | — | #1,785 | 51 | |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | #2,500 | 30 |
| 1994 | — | #1,795 | 48 | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #1,969 | 41 |
| 1992 | — | #1,884 | 43 | |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #1,919 | 40 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | #3,309 | 18 |
| 1989 | — | #2,615 | 24 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,509 | 23 | |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #2,942 | 17 |
| 1986 | — | #2,684 | 19 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,805 | 11 | |
| 1984 | — | #5,561 | 6 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,907 | 7 | |
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| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
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| 1978 | — | #5,059 | 6 | |
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| 1972 | — | #3,622 | 8 | |
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| 1969 | — | #4,404 | 5 | |
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| 1962 | — | #4,033 | 5 | |
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| 1954 | — | #3,827 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1954
The first year at least five boys were named Saxon! It came in at #3,827, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1954–1971, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Saxon is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | #1,831 | 5 | 1 in 19,107 |
| Texas | #2,285 | 6 | 1 in 29,175 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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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 Saxon
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 283 spots since 2020 (#2,806 → #3,089)
Rise & fade · boys
42 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1954
- Peaked 1996 at #1,785 (51 births)
- Births halved by 1998, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 33,644
- Highest: 1 in 33,644 boys born in 2021 were named Saxon (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 43,797 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,785 in 1996, was only 1 in 37,143 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 27.4% of all boys named Saxon (431) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1954
- Mostly girls until 1953, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #3,827 (1954) | #3,827 |
| 1960s | 10 | #4,033 (1962) | #4,219 |
| 1970s | 14 | #3,622 (1972) | #4,341 |
| 1980s | 112 | #2,509 (1988) | #3,911 |
| 1990s | 362 | #1,785 (1996) | #2,332 |
| 2000s | 377 | #2,222 (2000) | #2,859 |
| 2010s | 431 | #2,582 (2019) | #2,801 |
| 2020s | 260 | #2,523 (2021) | #2,904 |
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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