Loxton
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning settlement by the river lock.
Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Loxton by the numbers
Loxton was given to 5 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 Loxton. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Lextonsettlement where leeks grow26 in the US (2017)
- Loftonfarmstead with pigeons or doves14 in the US (2017)
- Luxton9 in the US (2017)
- Laytonsettlement on the lea; a place name68 in England and Wales (2025)
- Leytonsettlement on a meadow21 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lawtonsettlement on the hill or stream45 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a river
Like Loxton, each of these has a river in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Kendallvalley of the river Kent1,634 in the US (2017)
- Wadeto go or ford across water899 in the US (2017)
- Trentonsettlement of the trent river673 in the US (2017)
- Monroemouth of the Roe river; a surname as given name559 in the US (2017)
- Zairethe river; from Congo River name349 in the US (2017)
- Clydefrom the river Clyde344 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Loxton
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