Buxton
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning bow-shaped settlement or fortress.
Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Buxton by the numbers
Buxton was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Buxton. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Burtonfortified town or garrison settlement25 in the US (2017)
- Bexton12 in the US (2017)
- Baxton6 in the US (2017)
- Braxtonbadger's homestead; place name3,350 in the US (2017)
- BostonBoston town; place name used as given name425 in the US (2017)
- BrixtonBeorhtsige's settlement; London neighborhood257 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Buxton
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