Draxton
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 12 babies a year in the US.
Draxton by the numbers
Draxton was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 13 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Draxton
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Draxton. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Daxtonson of David; a modern patronymic form992 in the US (2017)
- Draytonsettlement on the river Dray44 in the US (2017)
- Daltonsettlement in the valley886 in the US (2017)
- Daytonsettlement on the river Dae271 in the US (2017)
- Daxonson of David; modern patronymic respelling of Daxson132 in the US (2017)
- Daxsonson of David; modern patronymic form22 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Draxton
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