Daxton

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Daxton: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Daxton: Recorded since 2009, it reached #1,391 in 2021, and it stood at #1,595 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
12times a registrar ranked it
16years from first to last
#1391highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2009–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2009	#4527
2014	#4632
2015	#3373
2016	#2335
2017	#2512
2018	#1610
2019	#2266
2020	#2682
2021	#1391
2022	#1609
2023	#1906
2024	#1595

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 12 of the 16 years from 2009 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2009–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2009
First recorded at #4527 among boys in England and Wales in 2009 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2009–2024
Highest recorded position: #1391 among boys in England and Wales, in 2021 (recorded 2009–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1595 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Daxton by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Daxton in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	3	1 of 10	3
2010s	49	6 of 10	8
2020sbusiest	68	5 of 10	14

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 14 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Daxton appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2009 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1391 in England and Wales in 2021.

Daxton's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1595	16	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1906	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1609	15	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1391	18	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2682	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2266	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1610	15	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2512	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2335	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2009 and 2024, ranked in 12 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,391, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
11 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#1,595position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
18births registered in its largest year, 2021Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Bracken · #1391, 17y
Zikra · #1391, 16y
Ziyaan · #1391, 13y
Ava-Louise · #1389, 17y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Messiah · #1391, 18y
Zikra · #1391, 16y
Ava-Louise · #1389, 17y
Mya-Rose · #1389, 16y

Daxton and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Daxton without appearing here.

Daxton moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1906 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1595 and #5119.
Nils Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3373 and #2319 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #2335 and #4810.
Erin Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4527 and #3227 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2512 and #4812.
Glenn Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2512 and #2512 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #1610 and #3412.

Moved the opposite way to Daxton

Aaron Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Daxton went from #4527 to #1595 while Aaron went from #54 to #154.
Alan Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Daxton went from #4527 to #1595 while Alan went from #193 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Daxton went from #4527 to #1595 while Alex went from #50 to #171.
Alexander Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Daxton went from #4527 to #1595 while Alexander went from #22 to #36.

Moved the same way as Daxton

Aksel Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Daxton went from #4527 to #1595 and Aksel from #2837 to #1132.
Albie Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Daxton went from #4527 to #1595 and Albie from #291 to #19.
Alfred Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Daxton went from #4527 to #1595 and Alfred from #146 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Daxton went from #4527 to #1595 and Archie from #20 to #10.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2009 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1391 in England and Wales in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Daxton

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Daxton by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Daxton at a glance

Daxton by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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