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Axton
OriginEnglish
Meaning"sword stone"
GenderBoy & girl
US rank · girlsUnranked
Below 5 births
US rank · boys#906
2025 SSA
About Axton
Axton has been climbing the charts for boys, hot on the heels of Braxton and Maxton. It is very occasionally used for girls too.
Axton for boys#906 US
Macho to the max. But with the rise of x as a fashionable letter anywhere it appears in a name, ala Jaxson or Maxon, we may be hearing more of Axton.
Pronounced AKS-tun.
As of October 2026, Axton ranked #15863 in US births in 2019 SSA.
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #758 | 310 | 161.4 |
| 2015 | #701 | 359 | 187.3 |
| 2016 | #723 | 339 | 178.6 |
| 2017 | #624 | 418 | 225.8 |
| 2018 | #594 | 460 | 253.3 |
| 2019 | #619 | 441 | 245.8 |
| 2020 | #607 | 450 | 260.7 |
| 2021 | #600 | 464 | 265.2 |
| 2022 | #641 | 429 | 245.7 |
| 2023 | #686 | 393 | 229.7 |
| 2024 | #836 | 294 | 170.6 |
| 2025 | #906 | 262 | 153.4 |
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- Axton Joseph Halen (b. 2017)Boy
son of Mia Tyler and Dan Halen; grandson of singer Steven Tyler of Aerosmith
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- AxtonBoy
one of the main characters from the video game "Borderlands 2"
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