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.

Saxon*

#3,412 most common boys' name of all time · #8,312 across all names · 90% male / 10% female · used 1914–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#3,412
Rank overall
#8,312 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
1,737
Since 2016
473
Peak year
2018 #2,642
Best rank
#1,795 1996
Girls Boys peak 55/yr
192019401960198020002020

Saxon first appears in 1914. 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 — 39 39 #3,093
2024 — 40 40 #3,058
2023 — 35 35 #3,355
2022 — 51 51 #2,625
2021 — 52 52 #2,529
2020 — 43 43 #2,814
2019 — 50 50 #2,587
2018 8 47 55 #2,642
2017 7 47 54 #2,645
2016 6 48 54 #2,599
2015 5 42 47 #2,818
2014 5 44 49 #2,716
2013 — 43 43 #2,724
2012 — 32 32 #3,380
2011 6 34 40 #3,245
2010 — 44 44 #2,744
2009 5 49 54 #2,562
2008 6 42 48 #2,838
2007 10 43 53 #2,777
2006 7 45 52 #2,626
2005 5 28 33 #3,468
2004 6 27 33 #3,470
2003 8 27 35 #3,376
2002 6 31 37 #2,958
2001 — 41 41 #2,398
2000 5 44 49 #2,231
1999 — 34 34 #2,567
1998 — 25 25 #3,107
1997 6 32 38 #2,512
1996 — 51 51 #1,795
1995 7 30 37 #2,515
1994 — 48 48 #1,808
1993 5 41 46 #1,980
1992 — 43 43 #1,895
1991 6 40 46 #1,927
1990 8 18 26 #3,348
1989 — 24 24 #2,636
1988 — 23 23 #2,539
1987 7 17 24 #2,969
1986 — 19 19 #2,712
1985 — 11 11 #3,868
1984 — 6 6 #5,710
1983 — 7 7 #5,025
1981 — 5 5 #6,461
1978 — 6 6 #5,203
1972 — 8 8 #3,726
1969 — 5 5 #4,584
1962 — 5 5 #4,239
1954 — 5 5 #4,027
1918 7 — 7 —
1917 6 — 6 —
1916 6 — 6 —
1915 6 — 6 —
1914 7 — 7 —