Brixton
Brixton was the 744th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 349 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 549th with 531 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 240 places. More babies were named Brixton in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning Brixi's stone (London place name) · English, Old English
Say it BRIKS-tun /ˈbrɪkstən/
- Rank in 2025
- #744 boys, down 128 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 349boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2021531 babies
- Total since 1880
- 4,841babies recorded
What does the name Brixton mean?
Brixton is a district of south London and a village in Devon. Wiktionary says the London name is thought to come from Brixistane, "the stone of Brixi," a Saxon lord, with Old English stān, stone. Wiktionary also lists a suburb of Johannesburg with the name. As an American given name Brixton is recent, appearing from 2001 for boys and from 2009 for girls, and it has no older use as a first name in our sources.
Brixi (Old English, “personal name”)stān (Old English, “stone”)
How sure is this? Probable. Wiktionary says 'thought to originate'; Wiktionary only.
Related names: Brix, Brixten.
See also: English names, names from places.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Brixton' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (yob*.txt), team3 computation of first year recorded, US Social Security Administration (public domain)
Nicknames for Brixton
The usual nicknames for Brixton are Brix.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Boys, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brix | Modern | — | — |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are boys given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Brixtons go by each one.
Brixton popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 292 since 2009, 14 in 2025.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #744 | 349 |
| 2020 | #616 | 443 |
| 2010 | #2,586 | 47 |
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| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Brixton, counting every spelling?
Brixton is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #704 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #744 for Brixton on its own. Together these spellings went to 372 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brixton | 349 | #744 | 2,181 |
| Brixten | 5 | #12,328 | 62 |
| Bryxton | 12 | #6,869 | 33 |
| Brixtin | 6 | #10,878 | 27 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Brixton?
349 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Brixton (0.10 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Brixton born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 24 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Brixton.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Brixton?
About 4,500 people born in the US named Brixton are alive today, with a median age of 6; half are between 3 and 9. That makes Brixton a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Brixton by state
How common Brixton was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Utah (4.8×), Idaho (2.9×), Arizona (2.5×), Nebraska (1.9×), Oregon (1.8×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in New Jersey, New York, Arkansas.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Brixton: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Brixton, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Brixton · Sibling names for Brixton
Questions about the name Brixton
What does Brixton mean?
Brixton means “Brixi's stone (London place name)” (English, Old English origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Brixton?
Brixton was the 744th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 349 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 549th with 531 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 240 places. More babies were named Brixton in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Brixton a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Brixton in the US.
Where is Brixton most popular?
In 2021–2025, Brixton was most common in Utah (1.23 per 1,000 boys), followed by Hawaii and Idaho.