Boys' name · since 2005
Daxten
Daxten has 425 recorded births since 2005 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2018 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,699 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,161 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 425
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
425 babies have been named Daxten since 2005, making it today's #5161 boys' name.
Daxten has 425 recorded births among boys since 2005, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5161 as of the latest data, more common than 63% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2025.
- #8,699 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,161 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 425 born since 2005
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Daxten ranks #8,699 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,161 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 425 born since 2005, peaking in the 2010s.
- #8,699 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,161 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 425
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Daxten's 425 recorded births place it above 80.84% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Daxten compares
425 Top 48% higher than 52% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Daxten's all-time total is 15% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Daxten | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 425 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 41 | 34 | 22,252 |
Daxten's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Daxten splits its recorded history at 2015: 72% of all births land in the more recent half, 28% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2006 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2018 peak of 41 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Daxten popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 41
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Daxten by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (242 births, 57% of the file).
2010s was Daxten's strongest decade.
242 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Daxten births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 31
2000s
31 births
- 2010s
2010s
242 births
- 2020s
2020s
152 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 242 births (57% of all-time use).
Daxten by state
Where Daxten concentrates geographically, total births since 2005
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 12 | 2.8% |
| #2 | Oklahoma | | 6 | 1.4% |
| #3 | Utah | | 6 | 1.4% |
| #4 | Missouri | | 5 | 1.2% |
12 of 425 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Daxten's data
- Daxten's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (242 total births) through the 2020s (152) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Daxtens (12 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Daxten: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~20 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2005–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Daxten draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.