Daxton
Daxton is ranked 411th among boys in 2024 (784 births). Its best rank was 279th, in 2019.
- Rank in 2024
- #411down 59 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 7840.05% of boys
- Peak year
- 20191,276 births
- Best rank
- #279in 2019
- Since 1970
- 14,090people given the name
The story in the numbers
14,090 boys have been named Daxton in the United States since 1970, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2019, with 1,276 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2018, and the 2010s alone account for 52%. It has spent 17 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 2019, its biggest year
Daxton was the 279th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2019 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, William and Elijah. See all of 2019.
Names that rose and fell with Daxton
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Massiahpeak 2021
- Odinpeak 2022
- Lochlanpeak 2018
- Advikpeak 2017
- Deckerpeak 2022
- Masiahpeak 2022
- Messiahpeak 2021
- Pharaohpeak 2019
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.