Maxton — #1272 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Maxton

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,509 babies named Maxton between 1927 and 2024, spanning 98 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Maxton currently holds the #1272 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 377 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Maxton performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 2,714 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Maxton shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 343 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Maxton in 36 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Maxton 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 4,509 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.