Maxton

Maxton was the #1,176 boys' name in the US in 2025 (175 babies), and #2,095 in Canada.

Maxton as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Maxton 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.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Maxton 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.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
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#1,176 (175)—#2,095 (9)
2024#1,271 (155)#3,255 (6)#2,062 (9)
2023#1,238 (158)#3,113 (6)#1,947 (9)
2022#963 (235)#4,002 (4)#1,350 (15)
2021#996 (220)#3,017 (6)#1,277 (16)
2020#986 (216)#3,848 (4)#1,382 (14)
2019#897 (244)#2,728 (7)#1,256 (16)
2018#832 (267)#4,749 (3)#1,133 (18)
2017#670 (377)#2,324 (9)#810 (30)
2016#739 (330)#2,335 (9)#776 (32)
2015#805 (286)#3,908 (4)#1,266 (15)
2014#766 (306)#2,690 (7)#954 (23)
2013#818 (265)—#1,654 (10)
2012#891 (235)#3,039 (6)#1,655 (10)
2011#943 (210)#4,647 (3)#1,569 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2017 at #670.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1927.

How common is it?

about 1 in 9,800 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 9,800uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 18,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Maxton is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 12,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 8,900 to 1 in 16,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Maxton 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: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #999MINew York: #1,576NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #627OHPennsylvania: #792PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,119CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #648MOKentucky: #708KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #718NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,350GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,415TXFlorida: #1,478FL
Maxton (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MaxtonCanadaBoys#2,0959
MaxtonEngland & WalesBoys—too few
MaxtonUSBoys#1,176175