Saxton — #5721 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Saxton

The Social Security Administration has registered 679 babies named Saxton between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Saxton currently holds the #5721 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 30 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Saxton performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 233 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Saxton 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 Georgia and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Saxton in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Saxton 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 679 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.