Brixton is the name of a lively district in south London, recorded in the 11th century as Brixges stane, "Brixi's stone", after a Saxon landowner and a boundary stone. As a first name it is a 21st-century American creation that rides on the popularity of Braxton and Paxton and adds a bit of London street cred. Brixton entered the US top 1000 in 2015, peaked at number 549 in 2021 and ranks number 744 in 2025.