girls:
2k births since 1991
#3803 (33rd percentile)
boys:
26k births since 1921
#711 (85th percentile)
overall:
28k births since 1921
#1521 (80th percentile)
The name Paxton is the #1,521 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 28,043 recorded births since 1921. This represents the 80.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 80.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #711 (84.5% percentile) for all time with 26,018 births since 1921. For girls, it ranks #3,803 (33.5% percentile) for all time with 2,025 births since 1991.
Paxton first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1921 (1921 for boys and 1991 for girls). Birth data for Paxton is available in 79 out of the 103 years between 1921 and 2023 (79 years for boys and 33 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Paxton has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 92.8% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Paxton reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 78.6% percentile (ranked #198) with 983 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 983 births per million (ranked 78.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Paxton ranks #250 for boys (72.6% percentile) with 738 births per million, which is 75.0% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Paxton reached its peak popularity in 1994, achieving the 15.0% percentile (ranked #718) with 68 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 68 births per million (ranked 15.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Paxton ranks #887 for girls (6.3% percentile) with 37 births per million, which is 54.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Paxton".
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