Boy name#904 of boy names
Daxton
Pronounced D AE1 K S T AH1 N (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2019
- 55 years in use
How popular is Daxton?
Daxton is a boys' name, and first appears in 1970. It has been given to 14,090 children — the 904th most common boys' name on record.
It is climbing hard: about three times as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2019, when 1,276 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- D AE1 K S T AH1 N
- Stress pattern:
- 11
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Daxton
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Daxton
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Daxton?
- Daxton ranks 904th among boys' names in US records, with 14,090 births since 1970. Over the past decade it accounts for 10,240.
- Is Daxton a unisex name?
- No. Daxton is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Daxton most popular?
- 2019, when 1,276 children were given the name. It has been in use for 55 years and is still recorded as of 2024.