Saxon
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning inhabitant of Saxony; a tribal people.
Babies a year
26
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1124
26 babies
Saxon by the numbers
In 2025, 26 babies in England and Wales were named Saxon. In the US, 54 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 51 babies in 1996, making it a 1990s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Saxon. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Saxtonstone or rock settlement30 in the US (2017)
- Sarona plain or level place; place name from biblical geography26 in the US (2017)
- Savon36 in the US (2017)
- SimonGod has heard1,366 in the US (2017)
- Samsonhis name is sun; strong as the sun430 in the US (2017)
- Saganone who speaks; a storyteller79 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Saxon
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