boy's name
Daxton
DAKS-tun
- Origin American
- Gender Boy
- Letters 6
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 16,695
the United States
#379
2025 births
Daxton is a boy's name of modern American coinage. It extends Dax — itself a French place name and a surname — with the TON ending taken from Paxton and Braxton, and it has no older source as a compound.
- Daxton is a name of American origin.
- Peaked in 2019, when 1,276 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 3,975 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1970.
Daxton over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 58 |
| 1980s | 11 |
| 1990s | 274 |
| 2000s | 1,392 |
| 2010s | 7,355 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 5,844 |
What Daxton means
Daxton has no inherited meaning. Dax is a town in southwestern France whose own name comes from Latin; the TON ending is borrowed from English place names, where it means a settlement, but Daxton names no settlement.
Where Daxton comes from
Daxton assembles two parts. Dax is a spa town in the Landes region of France, its name worn down from the Latin Aquae Tarbellicae, the waters of the Tarbelli, through d'Acqs — so the root really does mean waters. The TON ending comes from the Old English tun, an enclosure or settlement, and ends thousands of genuine English place names. Joined together they make a name that looks like an English village and is not one. Our records show Daxton from 1970 in negligible numbers and a sharp rise after 2010, alongside Braxton, Paxton and Jaxton — a family of sounds rather than of places.
Daxton in use
Daxton charts in only three of the seven countries we track and peaked in 2019.
How popular is Daxton?
In 2025, Daxton was given to 834 babies in the United States, ranking #379 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Daxton is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Daxton
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Daxton also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Daxton over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
1 nickname for Daxton
Each one is a name in its own right — the figure underneath is how it is doing today, so you can see which short forms are rising and which have faded.
Daxton in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Daxton
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Daxton — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Daxton
What does the name Daxton mean?
Nothing inherited. It joins Dax, a French town whose name means waters, to the English TON ending, which means a settlement — but Daxton names no settlement.
Is Daxton short for anything?
No, though Dax works as a short form and is a genuine name in its own right.
Is Daxton a boy's or a girl's name?
It is given almost entirely to boys.
How popular is the name Daxton?
In 2025, Daxton was given to 834 babies in the United States, ranking #379 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
When was Daxton most popular?
Daxton peaked in 2019, when 1,276 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
What are the nicknames for Daxton?
Daxton is usually shortened to Dax.
Is Daxton a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Daxton currently ranks #379 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.