Recorded 1997–2025 · United States
Paxtyn was most popular in 2016, when 78 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,186 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,336, with 54 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 970 people named Paxtyn.
Paxtyn first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1997, which makes it about 28 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 21 of the 29 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 970 American births named Paxtyn between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 963 are estimated to be alive today.
54 American babies were named Paxtyn in 2025, ranking #5,336 that year.
Paxtyn is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 59 births a year, against 51 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +16% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Paxtyn is a unisex name — 49.2% of the 970 Americans given it were girls and 50.8% were boys. It changed hands: since 2019 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 46% girls and 54% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 963 Americans named Paxtyn are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 9 years old, and half are between 5 and 13. That is a narrow band because Paxtyn is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org