Saxton
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning stone or rock settlement.
Babies a year
30
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
Saxton by the numbers
Saxton was given to 30 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 Saxton. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Saxoninhabitant of Saxony; a tribal people26 in England and Wales (2025)
- Suttonsettlement in the south775 in the US (2017)
- Samsonhis name is sun; strong as the sun430 in the US (2017)
- Santossaints; spanish surname used as given name208 in the US (2017)
- Stantonsettlement by a stone32 in the US (2017)
- Sarona plain or level place; place name from biblical geography26 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a stone or rock
Like Saxton, each of these has a stone or rock in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Masonstone worker13,560 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Harleyhare meadow or rocky meadow366 in England and Wales (2025)
- Peterrock, stone1,777 in the US (2017)
- Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
- Pedrostone or rock; Spanish form of Peter809 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Saxton
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