Jaxon

Where Jaxon comes from

Variant of Jackson
— Wiktionary's entry for Jaxon
Along the way
  1. 1972
    First appearance
    #4,986 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2002
    Jaxon Smith-Njigba born
    American football player
  3. 2014
    Jaxon Buell born
    American disabled child
  4. 2018
    Peak, #39
    7,774 babies named Jaxon — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2024
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #96.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage, variant of Jackson.
Namesakes
  • Jaxon Smith-Njigba · American football player, born 2002
  • Jaxon Buell · American disabled child, 2014–2020
  • Jaxon Evans · New Zealand racing driver, born 1996

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.