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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |