Axton
Axton is ranked 836th among boys in 2024 (294 births). Its best rank was 594th, in 2018.
- Rank in 2024
- #836down 150 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2940.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 2021464 births
- Best rank
- #594in 2018
- Since 1988
- 5,406people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,406 boys have been named Axton in the United States since 1988, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 464 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2018, and the 2010s alone account for 56%. It has spent 13 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 2021, its biggest year
Axton was the 600th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2021 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah and James. See all of 2021.
Names that rose and fell with Axton
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Huckpeak 2018
- Axlepeak 2021
- Jaxxpeak 2019
- Lochlanpeak 2018
- Massiahpeak 2021
- Advikpeak 2017
- Knoxpeak 2022
- Dashpeak 2017
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.