Paxton

Paxton carries the Latin pax—peace—tucked inside an Old English town name meaning "Poecc's settlement." It was a surname long before it was anyone's given name, and its modern rise has been brisk: the Top 1000 in the late 1990s, a steady climb through the 2000s, and now a settled spot near 288. Two crisp syllables with a hard X at the pivot give it that satisfying boy-next-door-with-a-skateboard energy. The built-in peace meaning keeps it from sounding merely preppy, and the nickname Pax waits in the wings. Paxton reads as friendly, confident, and quietly rooted.