Paxton
Feminine · “Pœcc's farmstead”
Paxton is given to both — 2,124 girls and 28,194 boys since 1880. See Paxton as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Paxton is an English place-and-family name, and its first element is a person: a man called Pœcc, whose farmstead gave the village its name eleven hundred years ago. It is given to girls and boys alike in current records.
How old is the name Paxton?
Paxton first appears in US birth records in 1991 — 34 years ago. The typical Paxton alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 2,100 people named Paxton are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Paxton most popular?
Paxton peaked in 1994, reaching #1285 nationally. Today it ranks #3211, 1,926 places below that high. See the whole 1994 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Pœcces tun to Paxton
The story of Paxton
There are Paxtons in Huntingdonshire and in Berwickshire, and families took the name from them when surnames fixed. It reached America as a surname and moved into given-name use in the late twentieth century, alongside Peyton, Braxton and Easton. It has been used for girls and boys throughout that period, and the pax inside it — which is a coincidence of spelling rather than a source — has helped it along.
Meaningscholars disagree
Pœcc's farmstead
The second element is settled: Old English tun, a farmstead or settlement. The first is generally read as a personal name, Pœcc, otherwise unrecorded. A folk reading connects the name to Latin pax, peace, which is attractive and not supported.
How the name formed
- Pœcces tun
- Paxton
Related forms: Paxton
Pronouncing Paxton
PAKS-tuhn
Two syllables, first stressed. There is no variation.
Nicknames for Paxton
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1991
- Most girls named
- 1994132 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1285reached in 1994
- Change vs 2024
- −2.0%49 in 2025, from 50
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Paxton in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Paxton in Scots — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Ohio, Tennessee.
Paxtons among us
people named Paxton are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 32,801 born in 2025 was named Paxton
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Juliane test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Paxton's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Juliane climbed just as high around 1970, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Juliane's path sketches the road Paxton is walking now.
Paxton sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Paxton is headed
Paxton is easing off slowly — about 20% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Paxton beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Paxton in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A documented English place-name behind a very current sound.
- Pax is a short form with a real Latin meaning of its own.
- It works for a girl or a boy, which is useful before a birth.
- It is read as a boy's name by default in the United States, and she will correct that often.
- The peace reading is a happy coincidence rather than the true origin, which is worth knowing.
- Paxton, Paxtyn and Paxten are all used for girls and none is standard.
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Frequently asked
- How many Paxtons are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,100 people named Paxton are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Paxton in 2025?
- Paxton ranks #3211 among US girl names in 2025, with 49 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Paxton?
- About 1 in every 32,801 US girls born in 2025 was named Paxton — 49 in all.
- Will my child share the name Paxton with classmates?
- Paxton will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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