Daxten
An invented masculine name with no clear meaning.
Name Census estimates that about 403 living Americans carry the first name Daxten. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Daxten today is around 9 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Daxten births was 2018 (41 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Daxten. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
403
~ 1 in 850,507 Americans
Peak year
2018
41 babies that year
Average age
9
years old
2024 SSA rank
#4,442
Tracked since 2005
Popularity
Daxten: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Daxten from the 2000s through to the 2020s, spanning 3 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 242 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Daxten remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Daxten by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Daxten during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Daxtens live
The SSA's state-level files cover 4 states and territories. Texas, Oklahoma, Utah recorded the most babies named Daxten, while Missouri, Utah, Oklahoma recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 7 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Daxten
The name Daxten is believed to have its origins in the ancient Germanic tribes of central Europe, dating back to the early medieval period around the 5th century AD. It is thought to be derived from the Old High German word "dah," meaning "day," and the suffix "-sten," indicating a diminutive or affectionate form. Thus, the name Daxten could be interpreted as "little day" or "daybreak."
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Daxten can be found in the Codex Diplomaticus Saxoniae, a collection of historical documents from the Saxon region of Germany, where a man named Daxten is mentioned in a land grant from the year 842 AD. Additionally, there are references to a Benedictine monk named Daxten who lived in the abbey of St. Gallen in present-day Switzerland in the late 9th century.
In the 11th century, a Daxten is documented as a minor nobleman in the court of King Canute the Great, who ruled over England, Denmark, and parts of Norway and Sweden. This Daxten is believed to have been of Danish or Norse descent, suggesting that the name had spread throughout the Germanic regions by that time.
During the Renaissance period, a notable figure bearing the name Daxten was an Italian scholar and humanist named Daxten Benvenuti (1470-1542), who was renowned for his translations of ancient Greek texts into Latin.
In more recent history, a Daxten Muller (1796-1876) was a German mathematician and astronomer who made significant contributions to the study of celestial mechanics and the calculation of planetary orbits.
Another individual of note was Daxten Czerny (1892-1972), an Austrian pianist and composer who was a renowned teacher and influenced many prominent musicians of the 20th century.
While the name Daxten has fallen into relative obscurity in modern times, it remains a unique and intriguing name with a rich historical background spanning various Germanic cultures and regions over the course of several centuries.
People
Daxten + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Daxten as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with D
Other first names starting with D with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Daxten: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Daxten?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 403 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Daxten going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 850,507 US residents.
Is Daxten a common name?
We classify Daxten as "Very Rare". It ranks above 82.4% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 406 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Daxten most popular?
The single biggest year for Daxten was 2018, when 41 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Daxten is about 9 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Daxten in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Daxten a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Daxten in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Daxten still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Daxten in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Daxten can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only covers names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files do not have a published Census demographic snapshot. In those cases, the page still shows the SSA trend, gender history, and state data.
How many Americans are named Daxten?
For a quick modern estimate, our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers that in one glance, with the living-bearer count front and centre.