Axton — #836 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Axton

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,406 babies named Axton between 1988 and 2024, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Axton currently holds the #836 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 464 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Axton performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 3,030 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Axton shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 516 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Axton in 43 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Axton in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 5,406 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.