NameTides

Axton

Axton was the #906 boys' name in the US in 2025 (262 babies), and #1,613 in England & Wales and #1,311 in Canada.

Axton as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Axton as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Axton as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#906 (262)#1,613 (16)#1,311 (18)
2024#834 (297)#1,162 (24)#1,507 (14)
2023#685 (393)#1,309 (20)#819 (30)
2022#642 (429)#1,782 (13)#572 (47)
2021#599 (464)#1,218 (22)#564 (50)
2020#606 (451)#1,635 (14)#716 (35)
2019#620 (441)#2,728 (7)#516 (54)
2018#594 (460)#3,011 (6)#628 (41)
2017#624 (418)#4,812 (3)#810 (30)
2016#723 (339)#4,810 (3)#808 (30)
2015#701 (359)—#873 (26)
2014#758 (310)—#1,250 (15)
2013#862 (247)#4,685 (3)#977 (22)
2012#925 (222)—#1,143 (17)
2011#1,331 (127)—#1,003 (21)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #599.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1988.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,500 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 17,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Axton is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 6,500 to 1 in 8,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Axton by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,133ILMichigan: #829MINew York: #1,576NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #474ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #773INOhio: #710OHPennsylvania: #742PANew Jersey: #1,022NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,150CAUtah: #703UTColorado: #756CONebraska: #432NEMissouri: #709MOKentucky: #404KYWest Virginia: #254WVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #844AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #524KSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #592TNNorth Carolina: #873NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #464OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #792GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,012TXFlorida: #1,056FL
Axton (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,3557

Axton (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AxtonCanadaBoys#1,31118
AxtonEngland & WalesBoys#1,61316
AxtonNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
AxtonUSGirls—too few
AxtonUSBoys#906262