Paxten

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 19 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
19
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Paxten by the numbers

Paxten was given to 19 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 23 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Paxten

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 Paxten. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Paxtynfrom the town of peace; invented spelling of Paxton59 in the US (2017)
  • Paytonpeace settlement or town; variant of Paxton1,922 in the US (2017)
  • Payden38 in the US (2017)
  • Paden30 in the US (2017)
  • Paiton20 in the US (2017)
  • Paiden13 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Paxten

Names that are said the same way as Paxten, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Paxtonpeace settlement or town1,993 in the US (2017)
  • Paxtin6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Paxten

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