Boys' name · since 1912
Truxton
Since 1912, U.S. Social Security records show 116 babies named Truxton, peaking in 2011. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #16,456 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 116
- born since 1912
- 2010s
- peak decade
Truxton is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 116 have been recorded since 1912.
Truxton has 116 recorded births among boys since 1912, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, 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 1912 to 2018.
- #16,456 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 116 born since 1912
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Truxton ranks #16,456 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 116 born since 1912, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,456 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 116
- born since 1912
- 2010s
- peak decade
Truxton's 116 recorded births place it above 63.81% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Truxton's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Truxton splits its recorded history at 2010: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1912 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2011 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Truxton popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1912–2018
- Peak year (2011)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 107 years of records
Truxton by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (71 births, 61% of the file).
2010s was Truxton's strongest decade.
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Truxton births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 28
1910s
28 births
- 2000s 17
2000s
17 births
- 2010s
2010s
71 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 71 births (61% of all-time use).
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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, 1912–2018 (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 Truxton 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.