Daxton
Daxton was the 379th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 834 babies. Its best year was 2019, when it ranked 279th with 1,276 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2 places. More babies were named Daxton in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning Origin not documented
Say it DAKS-tun /ˈdækstən/
- Rank in 2025
- #379 boys, down 91 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 834boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 20191,276 babies
- Total since 1880
- 14,934babies recorded
What does the name Daxton mean?
Daxton is a modern American coinage. Wiktionary describes it as rhyming with names like Axton, Paxton and Jaxton, and it fits the fashion for surname-style names ending in -ton, the Old English word for a settlement. It is sometimes linked with Dax, a town in France, but that is not documented as its source. No traditional meaning exists.
How sure is this? Not documented. A modern coinage built on fashionable sounds.
Related names: Dax, Paxton, Jaxton.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Daxton', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (usage history only), US Social Security Administration
Nicknames for Daxton
The usual nicknames for Daxton are Dax. Some parents skip the long form: for every 100 boys named Daxton in the last five years, 58 were named Dax, against 110 twenty years earlier.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Boys, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dax | Modern | #692 | 2,700 |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are boys given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Daxtons go by each one.
Daxton popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #379 | 834 |
| 2020 | #288 | 1,173 |
| 2010 | #744 | 305 |
| 2000 | #1,745 | 64 |
| 1990 | #4,745 | 11 |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | #4,866 | 5 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Daxton, counting every spelling?
Daxton is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #362 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #379 for Daxton on its own. Together these spellings went to 926 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daxton | 834 | #379 | 4,671 |
| Daxtyn | 56 | #2,424 | 310 |
| Daxten | 19 | #5,080 | 118 |
| Daxtin | 11 | #7,300 | 77 |
| Daxston | 6 | #10,965 | 34 |
| Daxxton | — | — | 29 |
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 Daxton?
834 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Daxton (0.23 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Daxton 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 10 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Daxton.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Daxton?
About 14,800 people born in the US named Daxton are alive today, with a median age of 8; half are between 5 and 12. That makes Daxton 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.
Daxton by state
How common Daxton was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in North Dakota (4.2×), South Dakota (3.7×), Arkansas (3.5×), Idaho (3.5×), West Virginia (3.1×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in Connecticut, New Jersey, Massachusetts.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Daxton: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Daxton, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Daxton · Sibling names for Daxton
Questions about the name Daxton
How popular is the name Daxton?
Daxton was the 379th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 834 babies. Its best year was 2019, when it ranked 279th with 1,276 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2 places. More babies were named Daxton in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Daxton a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Daxton in the US.
Where is Daxton most popular?
In 2021–2025, Daxton was most common in North Dakota (2.28 per 1,000 boys), followed by South Dakota and Arkansas.