Boy · Old English
Paxton
Say it: PAKS-tun
Meaning
From an English surname taken from a place name meaning 'Pæcc's settlement'. The link to Latin pax 'peace' often given online is a folk etymology.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Rose in the US in the 2000s and 2010s.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 23,692 babies given this name since 1921
- At its height in 2016, about 1 in 952 boys
- 1,360 babies in 2020
Through the ages
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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