Paxten

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A few things about Paxten you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Paxten

Paxten Aaronson

American soccer player

Choose Paxten and your child shares a first name with Paxten Aaronson, an American soccer player. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Paxten, like who?” Paxten Aaronson's Wikipedia article is available in 20 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 188,679 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Paxten, 9 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Paxten would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryPaxten first shows up in US birth records in 2007, the first year at least 5 babies got it. That makes it a fairly new name, younger than many of today's parents.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 2018, when it reached #4,094.
• ✨New on the scenePaxten wasn't given to enough babies to be counted in 2000. It only took off after 2007.
• 🍂TrendPaxten has slipped 3,202 places over the last five years and now sits at #8,243. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 💬MeaningPaxten is an English form of Paxton, which means “Pæcc's settlement”. Our records link it to English and Latin roots.

About the name Paxten

Paxten is a boy name of English and Latin origin meaning “Pæcc's settlement”. It has 6 letters and 2 syllables, starting with P and ending in “-ten”. US birth records list Paxten for boys from 2007 to 2025, in 19 of those 19 years. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked #4,094 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #8,243, with 9 babies.

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