Meaning and history
From an English surname derived from a place name meaning “Pœcc’s town,” with Pœcc being an Old English given name of unknown meaning.
20062006: 267 births, rank #776
2007: 456 births, rank #565
2008: 697 births, rank #419
2009: 979 births, rank #327
2010: 1,110 births, rank #296
20112011: 1,287 births, rank #272
2012: 1,496 births, rank #242
2013: 1,356 births, rank #262
2014: 1,432 births, rank #260
2015: 1,677 births, rank #229
20162016: 1,993 births, rank #203
2017: 1,909 births, rank #207
2018: 1,694 births, rank #221
2019: 1,450 births, rank #252
2020: 1,301 births, rank #262
20212021: 1,392 births, rank #255
2022: 1,350 births, rank #257
2023: 1,357 births, rank #257
2024: 1,170 births, rank #288
20252025: 988 births, rank #338
Paxton moved from #288 to #338 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2016, with 1,993 births.