Axton Boy
How popular is Axton?
#906 boy name in 2025
262 baby boys were named Axton in the US in 2025, making it the 906th most popular boy name.
Axton popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #906 for boys (▼ 72 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 262 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-27% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #701 in 2015, #606 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2021 (464 boys) |
| Highest rank | #594 in 2018 |
| First recorded | 1988 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Axton counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Axton family of names ranked #744 for boys in 2025 (#723 the year before), with 318 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Axton | 262 | 82% |
| Axtyn | 31 | 10% |
| Axten | 25 | 8% |
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 Axton is most popular
Babies named Axton per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- West Virginia: 1.1 per 1,000 (37 boys)
- Kentucky: 0.6 per 1,000 (63 boys)
- Arkansas: 0.6 per 1,000 (38 boys)
- Idaho: 0.6 per 1,000 (24 boys)
- Oklahoma: 0.5 per 1,000 (46 boys)
Axton by decade
Boy names about as popular as Axton
Questions
- Is Axton a boy or girl name?
- Axton is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Axton were boys.
- How popular is the name Axton?
- 262 baby boys were named Axton in the US in 2025, making it the 906th most popular boy name.
- When was Axton most popular?
- Axton peaked in 2021, when 464 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #594 in 2018.
- How many people are named Axton?
- 5,677 babies have been named Axton in the US since 1880. We estimate about 5,644 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Axton most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Axton was most common in West Virginia, at 1.1 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.