Jaxson

“Variant of Jackson — Son of Jack” — English, patronymic surname origin

Boy's name · #156 in the US (2025) · 2010s

Jaxson's best rank, #76, came in 2018; it has settled back to #156 today. Roughly 69,000 boys have been named Jaxson since 1991. Together with its spelling variants Jackson (#36) and Jaxon (#115), Jaxson would rank around #5 with about 12,000 births last year — the newborns split about 54/26/20 across Jackson, Jaxon, and Jaxson.

Around the world: about 1 in 840 boys in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 890 boys in Scotland (2025) · about 1 in 1,200 boys in England & Wales (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 50 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Jaxsons

Jaxson Hayes — American basketball player
Jaxson Dart — American football quarterback
Jaxson Barham — Australian rules footballer
Jaxson Stauber — American ice hockey player
Jaxson Kirkland — American football player (born 1998)

In stories & tradition

Jaxson de Ville — mascot character

What Jaxsons become

Among 16 notable people named Jaxson:

Sports figures appear 3.91× more often than among typical names — e.g. Jaxson Hayes, American basketball player.

Similar names: Jaxon · Ryder · Jace · Ryker · Carson · Kason

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