Jaxon
Jaxon is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Jaxon
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jaxon is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Jaxon
Jaxon first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1972, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2016: 8,142 births, good for #41 nationwide. The 2010s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 59% of all recorded Jaxons. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #116 among baby boy names with 2,965 births, falling sharply (-46%). In total, more than 117K Jaxons have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Jaxon
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About the name Jaxon
Jaxon is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1972 and has accumulated 117K births in the dataset. Jaxon's peak popularity came in 2016 when it ranked #39. Use the chart and map above to compare Jaxon's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.