Daxton Boy
How popular is Daxton?
#379 boy name in 2025
834 baby boys were named Daxton in the US in 2025, making it the 379th most popular boy name.
Daxton popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #379 for boys (▲ 32 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 834 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-2% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #381 in 2015, #288 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2019 (1,276 boys) |
| Highest rank | #279 in 2019 |
| First recorded | 1970 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.6% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Daxton counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Daxton family of names ranked #358 for boys in 2025 (#372 the year before), with 926 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Daxton | 834 | 90% |
| Daxtyn | 56 | 6% |
| Daxten | 19 | 2% |
| Daxtin | 11 | 1% |
| Daxston | 6 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Daxton is most popular
Babies named Daxton per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- North Dakota: 2.3 per 1,000 (39 boys)
- South Dakota: 2.0 per 1,000 (37 boys)
- Arkansas: 1.9 per 1,000 (121 boys)
- Idaho: 1.9 per 1,000 (78 boys)
- West Virginia: 1.7 per 1,000 (55 boys)
Daxton by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 58 | #3,443 |
| 1980s | 11 | #6,420 |
| 1990s | 274 | #1,954 |
| 2000s | 1,392 | #742 |
| 2010s | 7,355 | #279 |
| 2020s | 5,844 | #288 |
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Questions
- Is Daxton a boy or girl name?
- Daxton is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Daxton were boys.
- How popular is the name Daxton?
- 834 baby boys were named Daxton in the US in 2025, making it the 379th most popular boy name.
- When was Daxton most popular?
- Daxton peaked in 2019, when 1,276 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #279 in 2019.
- How many people are named Daxton?
- 14,934 babies have been named Daxton in the US since 1880. We estimate about 14,834 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Daxton most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Daxton was most common in North Dakota, at 2.3 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.