Given name & surname
Axton
“stone”
Axton is a masculine given name from Old English.
Original Old EnglishAcca
Meaning & origin
What it means
Axton goes back to Old English stan, meaning “stone.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old English Acca, from Old English stan (“stone”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1988. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Axton through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,677
- 5,672 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 464 babies
- 2025
- 262
- #906 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −13%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 262 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 906 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 12.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (23). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,076 as a first name in 2020; 780 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Axton’s family of names
In English usage, Axton continues an earlier form in Acca.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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