Braxton
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · #172 for boys in 2025, 2,131 births
Given to boys 98.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2017 · 3,352 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 65,831since 1885
Braxton over time
Rank among boys' names. Braxton has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 | #172 | 2,131 |
| 2024 | #7,251 | 15 | #170 | 2,176 |
| 2023 | #8,989 | 11 | #169 | 2,143 |
| 2022 | #6,984 | 16 | #156 | 2,397 |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | #146 | 2,583 |
| 2020 | #7,969 | 13 | #131 | 2,785 |
| 2019 | #9,112 | 11 | #126 | 3,038 |
| 2018 | #5,785 | 21 | #130 | 3,016 |
| 2017 | #4,576 | 30 | #118 | 3,352 |
| 2016 | #4,531 | 31 | #125 | 3,315 |
| 2015 | #4,853 | 28 | #121 | 3,313 |
| 2014 | #4,657 | 30 | #120 | 3,364 |
| 2013 | #4,002 | 37 | #123 | 3,107 |
| 2012 | #5,114 | 27 | #125 | 3,018 |
| 2011 | #4,915 | 28 | #153 | 2,516 |
| 2010 | #5,108 | 27 | #170 | 2,293 |
| 2009 | #5,378 | 26 | #174 | 2,241 |
| 2008 | #7,742 | 16 | #202 | 1,940 |
| 2007 | #5,097 | 28 | #216 | 1,773 |
| 2006 | #4,576 | 31 | #224 | 1,605 |
| 2005 | #4,704 | 28 | #249 | 1,316 |
| 2004 | #2,965 | 53 | #220 | 1,581 |
| 2003 | #4,307 | 30 | #301 | 1,004 |
| 2002 | #3,978 | 32 | #328 | 837 |
| 2001 | #3,703 | 35 | #345 | 794 |
| 2000 | #4,291 | 28 | #337 | 814 |
| 1999 | #3,509 | 35 | #331 | 820 |
| 1998 | #3,222 | 38 | #324 | 837 |
| 1997 | #3,224 | 36 | #333 | 783 |
| 1996 | #4,184 | 25 | #398 | 593 |
| 1995 | #3,878 | 27 | #434 | 527 |
| 1994 | #5,445 | 17 | #444 | 507 |
| 1993 | — | #565 | 327 | |
| 1992 | — | #647 | 254 | |
| 1991 | — | #667 | 230 | |
| 1990 | — | #717 | 201 | |
| 1989 | — | #800 | 155 | |
| 1988 | — | #813 | 136 | |
| 1987 | — | #896 | 109 | |
| 1986 | — | #848 | 114 | |
| 1985 | — | #906 | 100 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,144 | 63 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,040 | 72 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,320 | 50 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,548 | 39 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,695 | 34 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,633 | 35 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,688 | 32 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,948 | 25 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,711 | 30 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,658 | 30 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,659 | 29 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,982 | 21 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,080 | 19 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,862 | 23 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,939 | 21 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,308 | 14 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,200 | 14 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,139 | 14 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,891 | 17 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,270 | 13 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,975 | 17 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,957 | 17 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,186 | 14 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,439 | 31 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,121 | 15 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,709 | 22 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,265 | 13 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,547 | 26 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,263 | 13 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,302 | 12 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,826 | 18 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,287 | 12 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,856 | 17 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,774 | 18 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,941 | 15 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,616 | 21 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,559 | 22 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,733 | 19 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,271 | 11 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,131 | 11 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,738 | 16 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,308 | 28 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,730 | 17 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,276 | 27 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,573 | 19 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,323 | 25 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,521 | 20 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,233 | 29 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,384 | 23 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,708 | 17 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,357 | 25 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,281 | 27 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,584 | 20 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,693 | 18 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,533 | 23 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,731 | 19 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,323 | 30 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,796 | 19 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,515 | 24 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,493 | 25 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,839 | 19 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,589 | 23 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,952 | 17 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,360 | 30 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,543 | 24 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,624 | 21 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,446 | 25 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,815 | 17 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,505 | 22 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,660 | 18 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,342 | 20 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,092 | 8 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,353 | 13 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,537 | 6 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,314 | 7 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,373 | 5 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,310 | 5 | |
| 1899 | — | #1,051 | 5 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
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| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | #836 | 6 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Braxton! It came in at #836, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1909, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Braxton
- 2 spots since 2024 (#170 → #172)
- 41 spots since 2020 (#131 → #172)
- 51 spots since 2015 (#121 → #172)
- Biggest jump: 238 spots in 1985 (#1,144 → #906)
- Biggest drop: 48 spots in 1987 (#848 → #896)
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 2017 at #118 (3,352 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 42 yrs · run 1985–2025
- Highest: 1 in 552 boys born in 2017 were named Braxton (0.18%)
- Latest: 1 in 802 boys born in 2025 (0.12%)
- 46.1% of all boys named Braxton (30,332) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #836 (1885) | #836 |
| 1890s | 5 | #1,051 (1899) | #1,051 |
| 1900s | 15 | #1,310 (1900) | #1,374 |
| 1910s | 157 | #1,314 (1910) | #1,569 |
| 1920s | 230 | #1,323 (1928) | #1,614 |
| 1930s | 227 | #1,233 (1937) | #1,462 |
| 1940s | 191 | #1,276 (1941) | #1,694 |
| 1950s | 166 | #1,547 (1957) | #1,977 |
| 1960s | 166 | #1,439 (1961) | #2,049 |
| 1970s | 265 | #1,633 (1979) | #1,816 |
| 1980s | 872 | #800 (1989) | #1,101 |
| 1990s | 5,079 | #324 (1998) | #486 |
| 2000s | 13,905 | #174 (2009) | #260 |
| 2010s | 30,332 | #118 (2017) | #131 |
| 2020s | 14,215 | #131 (2020) | #157 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Braxton in 1997
Top girls' names in 1997
Top boys' names in 1997
More about 1997
girls
1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 48,353 of them was named Braxton, which outranked 80.1% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,161Vivien37
- #3,161Zandra37
- #3,161Zenaida37
- #3,224Braxton36
- #3,224Abria36
- #3,224Aisling36
- #3,224Allexis36
- #3,302Adrienna35
- #3,302Alaura35
- #3,302Alejandrina35
Tied with 77 names at #3,224; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 2,408 of them was named Braxton, which outranked 96.9% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.