Paxtyn — #3862 US boys' name
462 babies named Paxtyn in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 73% of names given to boys today.
56% of everyone ever named Paxtyn was born in this single decade.
45 babies were named Paxtyn in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Paxtyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 462 babies named Paxtyn between 2008 and 2024, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Paxtyn currently holds the #3862 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 45 babies received it in a single year. Paxtyn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 454 additional births since 1997.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Paxtyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 261 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Paxtyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Paxtyn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Paxtyn 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 462 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.
Paxtyn at a glance
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Current rank
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Paxtyn popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2008
- Peak year (2023)
- 45
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
Currently ranks #3862 among boys.
462 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 45 births in a single year.
Paxtyn popularity over time — girls
454 total births recorded since 1997 (Paxtyn as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Paxtyn accounts for 50% of total recorded use across both genders.
Paxtyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 261 births that decade — 56% of Paxtyn's all-time total
Paxtyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 261 births
- Runner-up 177 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Paxtyn's strongest decade
261 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% of all-time use.
Paxtyn by state
Where Paxtyn concentrates geographically — total births since 2008
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 10 | 2.2% |
10 of 462 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2008–2024 (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.