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How popular is the name Saxon?
Births per year, rank history and how many Saxons are alive today.
Saxon (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1124th in 2025 and given to 26 babies. The name peaked in 2022, when 43 babies were given the name, the 758th most popular that year.
The Saxon you are most likely to meet is around 5 years old. Half of all Saxons born in England and Wales are between 6 and 19, and there are at least 630 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Saxon - on average, only one in every 481 such rooms contains a Saxon.
How many babies are named Saxon each year?
Where does Saxon rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Saxon most popular?
Saxon peaked in 2022, when 43 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Saxon?
At least 630 people named Saxon born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Saxon?
Most living Saxons are between 6 and 19; the most common age is about 5.
Is Saxon becoming more or less popular?
Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.