Given name & surname · also Old English
Brixton
Brixton is a masculine given name from Old English.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2001. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Brixton through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,841
- 4,549 boys · 292 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 568 babies
- 2025
- 363
- #744 for boys · #7,559 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +37%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 349 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 744 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 38.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 14 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (37). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,924 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Brixton’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
If you love Brixton, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Axton
“stone”
>99% boys
Dutton
“hill”
97% boys · 3% girls
Luxton
“enclosure; settlement, town”
>99% boys
Buxton
“to bend, bow”
>99% boys
Canyon
“from the footpath” · “from the deep ravine”
92% boys · 8% girls
Broxton
“burial place”
>99% boys
Whitton
“white” · “enclosure; settlement, town”
>99% boys
Roxton
“rook” · “hill”
>99% boys