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Daxton

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Daxton is ranked 411th among boys in 2024 (784 births). Its best rank was 279th, in 2019.

Rank in 2024
#411down 59 from 2023
Births in 2024
7840.05% of boys
Peak year
20191,276 births
Best rank
#279in 2019
Since 1970
14,090people given the name
Babies named Daxton, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

14,090 boys have been named Daxton in the United States since 1970, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2019, with 1,276 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2018, and the 2010s alone account for 52%. It has spent 17 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadeboys named Daxton
1970s58
1980s11
1990s274
2000s1,392
2010s7,353
2020s5,002

In 2019, its biggest year

Daxton was the 279th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2019 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, William and Elijah. See all of 2019.

Names that rose and fell with Daxton

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.