How Many People Are Named Paxten?
An estimated 322 people in the United States have the first name Paxten. It is predominantly male (90.5%). The average bearer is 11 years old, and Paxten peaked in popularity in 2011 with 28 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Paxten as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Paxten paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
322
About 1 in 1,064,454 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
90.5% confidence
Average Age
11
years old
Peak Year
2011
28 births
Total Registered
325
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Paxten
Paxten is predominantly male (90.5%), though 31 female births have been registered. It functions as a unisex name for a small percentage of bearers.
Paxten as a male name
Ranked #7,587 in 2024
11 male births in 2024
Peak: 2018 (25 births)
Paxten as a female name
Ranked #18,211 in 2016
5 female births in 2016
Peak: 2014 (6 births)
Paxten: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Paxten span from the 2000s to the 2020s, covering 3 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 216 babies were registered. While Paxten is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Paxten by Decade
How has Paxten tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Paxten + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Paxten as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Paxten
Other first names starting with P with a similar number of bearers.
Paxten: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Paxten?
We estimate approximately 322 people named Paxten are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,064,454 Americans share this first name.
Is Paxten a common name?
Paxten is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 80% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 325 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Paxten most popular?
Paxten reached peak popularity in 2011, when 28 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Paxten is approximately 11 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Paxten a male name?
Paxten is predominantly male. 90.5% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Paxten Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Paxten Smith, Paxten Johnson, Paxten Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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