boys:
663 births since 1976
#3924 (14th percentile)
overall:
663 births since 1976
#7076 (9th percentile)
The name Saxton is the #7,076 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 663 recorded births since 1976. This represents the 8.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,924 (14.4% percentile) for all time with 663 births since 1976.
Saxton first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1976 (first recorded for boys in 1976). Birth data for Saxton is available in 38 out of the 48 years between 1976 and 2023. 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.
For boys, Saxton reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 2.7% percentile (ranked #889) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Saxton ranks #891 for boys (2.2% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 88.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Saxton".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Saxton. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 97.4% confident that Saxton is pronounced as SAK-stuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SAK-suhn, at 2.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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