Thirty years of Jaxon
Jaxon in numbers
Jaxon dipped to 3 boys in 2001 and has come back to 605 in 2025. Its biggest three-year rise came between 2013 and 2016, from 402 to 1,161. It ranked 1,765th in 1996, reached 46th in 2018 and ranks 88th now. On average it was given to 28 boys a year in the 2000s, 759 in the 2010s and 963 in the 2020s so far.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Similar spellings in the 2025 list†: Jaxxon (10), Jaxen (4). Matched by their letters, not by meaning or origin. ONS counts each spelling separately, so these are not added to Jaxon.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year-22%775 to 605
- 5 years-50%1,208 to 605
- 10 years-28%837 to 605
- 20 years+3,261%18 to 605
- Since 1996×1016 to 605
- Total, 1996 to 202513,662boys
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 88 · ONS · 775 in 2024
Rank 104 · NRS · 70 in 2024
Rank 120 · NISRA · 27 in 2024
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 88 | 605 | -22% | 1 in 497 |
| 2024 | 66 | 775 | -16% | 1 in 394 |
| 2023 | 58 | 927 | -12% | 1 in 327 |
| 2022 | 55 | 1,055 | -13% | 1 in 294 |
| 2021 | 52 | 1,210 | +0% | 1 in 265 |
| 2020 | 49 | 1,208 | -11% | 1 in 260 |
| 2019 | 47 | 1,356 | +1% | 1 in 243 |
| 2018 | 46 | 1,346 | +7% | 1 in 251 |
| 2017 | 52 | 1,257 | +8% | 1 in 277 |
| 2016 * | 51 | 1,161 | +39% | 1 in 307 |
| 2015 | 80 | 837 | +56% | 1 in 428 |
| 2014 | =115 | 535 | +33% | 1 in 667 |
| 2013 | 147 | 402 | +39% | 1 in 891 |
| 2012 | 192 | 290 | +11% | 1 in 1,291 |
| 2011 | 200 | 262 | +88% | 1 in 1,416 |
| 2010 | =317 | 139 | +78% | 1 in 2,669 |
| 2009 | =461 | 78 | +32% | 1 in 4,643 |
| 2008 | =557 | 59 | +31% | 1 in 6,152 |
| 2007 | =638 | 45 | +29% | 1 in 7,877 |
| 2006 | =733 | 35 | +94% | 1 in 9,783 |
| 2005 | =1,135 | 18 | +100% | 1 in 18,365 |
| 2004 | =1,732 | 9 | -25% | 1 in 36,481 |
| 2003 | =1,326 | 12 | -20% | 1 in 26,535 |
| 2002 | =1,077 | 15 | +400% | 1 in 20,403 |
| 2001 | =3,134 | 3 | -67% | 1 in 101,538 |
| 2000 | =1,425 | 9 | +125% | 1 in 34,401 |
| 1999 | =2,425 | 4 | +0% | 1 in 79,811 |
| 1998 | =2,419 | 4 | 1 in 81,474 | |
| 1997 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 1996 | =1,765 | 6 | 1 in 55,580 |
* ONS’s boys’ 2016 file repeats the October total as September, so the 2016 births total is about 932 too low and 1 in X for 2016 is slightly too low. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate