Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Paxton*

#666 most common boys' name of all time · #1,485 across all names · 93% male / 7% female · used 1921–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#666
Rank overall
#1,485 of 105,966
First appeared
1921
Years on the list
81 of 146
All-time
30,318
Since 2016
15,360
Peak year
2016 #203
Best rank
#203 2016
Girls Boys peak 2,084/yr
19401960198020002020

Paxton first appears in 1921. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 49 988 1,037 #338
2024 50 1,170 1,220 #288
2023 65 1,357 1,422 #257
2022 86 1,350 1,436 #257
2021 76 1,392 1,468 #255
2020 74 1,301 1,375 #262
2019 83 1,450 1,533 #252
2018 87 1,694 1,781 #221
2017 95 1,909 2,004 #207
2016 91 1,993 2,084 #203
2015 69 1,677 1,746 #229
2014 60 1,432 1,492 #261
2013 54 1,356 1,410 #262
2012 48 1,496 1,544 #242
2011 54 1,287 1,341 #273
2010 56 1,110 1,166 #296
2009 43 979 1,022 #327
2008 47 697 744 #420
2007 37 456 493 #565
2006 43 267 310 #778
2005 31 211 242 #872
2004 45 197 242 #880
2003 59 174 233 #945
2002 53 197 250 #846
2001 43 162 205 #951
2000 68 161 229 #945
1999 72 168 240 #897
1998 54 156 210 #916
1997 76 144 220 #939
1996 76 91 167 #1,231
1995 65 97 162 #1,176
1994 132 104 236 #1,108
1993 45 73 118 #1,336
1992 23 66 89 #1,401
1991 15 43 58 #1,837
1990 17 17 #3,514
1989 37 37 #1,967
1988 25 25 #2,401
1987 17 17 #2,988
1986 24 24 #2,322
1985 21 21 #2,464
1984 19 19 #2,563
1983 18 18 #2,622
1982 18 18 #2,638
1981 19 19 #2,527
1980 21 21 #2,405
1979 19 19 #2,519
1978 18 18 #2,516
1977 24 24 #2,040
1976 26 26 #1,909
1975 21 21 #2,170
1974 35 35 #1,487
1973 40 40 #1,323
1972 47 47 #1,207
1971 54 54 #1,125
1970 48 48 #1,204
1969 28 28 #1,563
1968 10 10 #2,844
1967 12 12 #2,430
1966 12 12 #2,421
1965 7 7 #3,415
1964 11 11 #2,629
1963 8 8 #3,230
1962 11 11 #2,626
1961 18 18 #1,990
1960 7 7 #3,545
1958 10 10 #2,767
1956 8 8 #3,147
1955 5 5 #4,220
1952 5 5 #4,088
1949 6 6 #3,609
1948 5 5 #4,063
1947 9 9 #2,841
1938 5 5 #3,946
1935 5 5 #4,055
1931 6 6 #3,704
1928 5 5 #4,624
1925 6 6 #4,134
1924 7 7 #3,843
1923 8 8 #3,455
1921 7 7 #3,864