NameTides

Paxton

Paxton was the #338 boys' name in the US in 2025 (988 babies), and #1,466 in England & Wales and #676 in Canada.

Paxton as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Paxton 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.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Paxton 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.00.511.521880192019602000
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#338 (988)#1,466 (18)#676 (41)
2024#288 (1,170)#1,952 (12)#567 (48)
2023#257 (1,357)#1,207 (23)#453 (64)
2022#257 (1,350)#1,314 (20)#398 (73)
2021#255 (1,392)#1,860 (12)#447 (66)
2020#262 (1,301)#2,228 (9)#517 (51)
2019#252 (1,450)#4,702 (3)#533 (52)
2018#221 (1,694)#3,011 (6)#467 (59)
2017#207 (1,909)#3,996 (4)#369 (86)
2016#203 (1,993)—#370 (85)
2015#229 (1,677)#4,747 (3)#411 (74)
2014#260 (1,432)#4,632 (3)#475 (62)
2013#262 (1,356)#2,954 (6)#449 (64)
2012#242 (1,496)#4,805 (3)#424 (66)
2011#272 (1,287)—#462 (59)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2016 at #203.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1921.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,700 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 15,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Paxton is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,800 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,500 to 1 in 2,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Paxton by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #206MEWisconsin: #523WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #230NHWashington: #236WAIdaho: #214IDMontana: #227MTNorth Dakota: #226NDMinnesota: #420MNIllinois: #306ILMichigan: #375MINew York: #601NYMassachusetts: #507MAOregon: #529ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #192SDIowa: #206IAIndiana: #254INOhio: #265OHPennsylvania: #280PANew Jersey: #607NJConnecticut: #498CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #505CAUtah: #265UTColorado: #468CONebraska: #228NEMissouri: #318MOKentucky: #147KYWest Virginia: #227WVVirginia: #365VAMaryland: #319MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #332AZNew Mexico: #311NMKansas: #265KSArkansas: #232ARTennessee: #233TNNorth Carolina: #309NCSouth Carolina: #201SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #197OKLouisiana: #221LAMississippi: #189MSAlabama: #274ALGeorgia: #393GAHawaii: #90HITexas: #421TXFlorida: #412FL
Paxton (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#1,03310

Paxton (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
PaxtonCanadaGirls—too few
PaxtonCanadaBoys#67641
PaxtonEngland & WalesBoys#1,46618
PaxtonNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
PaxtonUSGirls#3,21149
PaxtonUSBoys#338988