Jaxson — #171 US boys' name
66,136 babies named Jaxson in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99% of names given to boys today.
64% of everyone ever named Jaxson was born in this single decade.
5,068 babies were named Jaxson in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jaxson
The Social Security Administration has registered 66,136 babies named Jaxson between 1991 and 2024, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jaxson currently holds the #171 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 5,068 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jaxson performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 42,389 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jaxson shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5,266 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Jaxson in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jaxson 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 66,136 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.
Jaxson at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Jaxson popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1991
- Peak year (2015)
- 5,068
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
Currently ranks #171 among boys.
66,136 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 5,068 births in a single year.
Jaxson popularity over time — girls
134 total births recorded since 2007 (Jaxson as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Jaxson accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jaxson by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 42,389 births that decade — 64% of Jaxson's all-time total
Jaxson decade highlights
- Peak decade 42,389 births
- Runner-up 15,785 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Jaxson's strongest decade
42,389 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 64% of all-time use.
Jaxson by state
Where Jaxson concentrates geographically — total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5,266 | 8.0% |
| #2 | California | | 5,143 | 7.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 3,907 | 5.9% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 3,513 | 5.3% |
| #5 | New York | | 2,618 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 2,562 | 3.9% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 2,365 | 3.6% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 2,343 | 3.5% |
5,266 of 66,136 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 8.0% of nationwide
- California 7.8% of nationwide
- Florida 5.9% of nationwide
- Ohio 5.3% of nationwide
- New York 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 8.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jaxson appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1991–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.