Jaxson

Meaning: Son of Jack
Origin: Variant of Jackson (from English, patronymic surname)

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

Popularity over time

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.

Across the states

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

Around the world

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#193 in Scotland (2025) · #220 in England & Wales (2025) · #408 in New Zealand (2025) · #484 in Ireland (2025) · #1,040 in Netherlands (2025) · #177 in Canada (2024).

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 of Jacksonville Jaguars

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.

Spellings & nicknames

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.

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

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